List of wars involving Armenia
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History of Armenia |
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Timeline • Origins • Etymology |
This is a list of wars involving Armenia, its predecessor states, and by Armenians.
Conflict | Armenian side (and allies) | Opponent | Results |
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Kingdom of Armenia (570 BC–428 AD) | |||
Armenian–Parthian War (87–85 BCE) |
Kingdom of Armenia | Parthian Empire | Victory
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Third Mithridatic War (73–66 BC) |
Kingdom of Armenia Kingdom of Pontus |
Roman Republic | Defeat
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Pacorus I сampaigns against Rome (51–38 BCE) |
Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire |
Roman Republic
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Victory
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Armenia–Iberia War (50–53 AD) |
Kingdom of Armenia | Kingdom of Iberia | Victory
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Roman–Parthian War (58–63) |
Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire |
Roman Empire | Stalemate
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Battle of Rhandeia (62) |
Victory
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Armenian–Sasanian War (363–372) |
Kingdom of Armenia Roman Empire |
Sasanian Empire | Victory
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Marzpanate Armenia (428–646) | |||
Vartanantz War (episode 1:450–451) (episode 2:481–484) |
House of Mamikonian | Sasanian Empire | Tactical victory
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Principality of Armenia (645–884) | |||
Battle of Varnakert (702) |
Principality of Armenia | Ummayad Caliphate | Victory
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Battle of Bagrevand (775) |
Principality of Armenia | Abbasid Caliphate | Defeat
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Battle of Karasounk (863) |
Principality of Armenia | Abbasid Caliphate | Victory
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Kingdom of Armenia (885–1045) | |||
Battle of Sevan (924) |
Kingdom of Armenia | Sajid dynasty | Victory |
The invasion of the Byzantine Empire (1042) |
Kingdom of Armenia | Byzantine Empire | Victory |
Armenian Principality of Cilicia (1080–1198) Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1198–1375) | |||
First Crusade (1096–1099) |
Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of France Duchy of Apulia Byzantine Empire Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia |
Great Seljuq Empire Danishmends Fatimids Almoravids Abbasids |
Victory
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Second Crusade (1145–1149) |
Kingdom of Jerusalem County of Tripoli Principality of Antioch Kingdom of France Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of Castile County of Barcelona Kingdom of León Kingdom of Denmark Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Cilicia Kingdom of England Kingdom of Poland |
Seljuq Sultanate Almoravids Almohads Zengids Abbasids Fatimids |
Defeat in Anatolia
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Wars between Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia and Byzantine Empire (1145–1160) |
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | Byzantine Empire | Victory
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Third Crusade (1189–1192) |
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Nizari Ismaili: Christian opponents:
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Victory
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Siege of Acre (1189–1191) |
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Kingdom of England Kingdom of France Kingdom of Jerusalem
Holy Roman Empire |
Ayyubid dynasty | Victory |
Wars between Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia and Seljuks of Rum (1257–1263) |
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | Sultanate of Rûm | Victory |
Siege of Baghdad (1258) |
Mongol Empire
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Abbasid Caliphate
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Victory |
Siege of Aleppo (1260) |
Mongol Empire
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia |
Ayyubid dynasty | Victory |
Ninth Crusade (1271–1272) |
Kingdom of France Kingdom of Cyprus Kingdom of England Kingdom of Cilicia |
Mamluks | Defeat
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Battle of Wadi al-Khazandar (1299) |
Mongol Ilkhanate Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Kingdom of Georgia |
Mamluk Sultanate | Victory |
First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920) | |||
Caucasus Campaign (World War I) (1918) |
Armenian National Council | Ottoman Empire | Armistice
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Armenian–Azerbaijani War (1918–1920) |
First Republic of Armenia | Azerbaijan | Indecisive
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Georgian–Armenian War (1918) |
Georgia | Indecisive
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Turkish–Armenian War (1920) |
Turkey Russian SFSR |
Defeat
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Battle of Mountainous Armenia (1921) |
Mountainous Armenia | Russian SFSR Turkey Azerbaijan SSR |
Victory
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Soviet Social Republic of Armenia (1920–1991) | |||
World War II (1939–1945) |
Soviet Union
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Germany | Victory
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Republic of Armenia (1991–) | |||
First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988–1994) |
Armenia Nagorno-Karabakh |
Azerbaijan |
Victory
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Four-Day War (2016) |
Nagorno-Karabakh Armenia |
Azerbaijan |
Inconclusive
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Second Nagorno-Karabakh war (2020) |
Nagorno-Karabakh Armenia |
Azerbaijan | Defeat[1] |
Peacekeeping missions[]
Mission | Start-date | End-date | Location | Troops deployed |
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KFOR | 2004 | 2012 | Kosovo | 70 |
MNF-I | 2005 | 2008 | Iraq | 46 |
ISAF | 2008 | 2021 | Afghanistan | 130 |
UNIFIL | 2014 | Ongoing | Lebanon | 33 |
See also[]
- List of wars involving Russia
- List of wars involving Azerbaijan
- List of wars involving Georgia (country)
- Military history of Armenia
References[]
- ^ "Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia sign Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal". BBC. 10 November 2020.
The BBC's Orla Guerin in Baku says that, overall, the deal should be read as a victory for Azerbaijan and a defeat for Armenia.
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