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Timeline • Origins • Etymology |
This is a list of wars involving Armenia and its predecessor states. The list gives the name, the date, the combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
Conflict | Armenian side (and allies) | Opponent | Results |
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Kingdom of Armenia (331 BC–428 AD) | |||
Campaigns of Artaxias I (189–165 BCE) |
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Victory
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Seleucid-Armenian War (168–165 BCE)[citation needed] |
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Seleucid Empire | Victory
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Armenian-Iberian War (168–165 BCE)[1][failed verification][2] |
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Compromise[citation needed]
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Armenia invaded by Parthian Empire (120–100 BCE?) |
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Defeat
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Military campaigns of Tigranes the Great (95–78 BCE) |
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Victory
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Third Mithridatic War (73–66 BC)[citation needed] |
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Defeat |
Iberian–Armenian War (50–53 AD) |
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Victory
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Roman–Parthian War of 58–63 | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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Ardashir I invasion of Armenia (226–238)[citation needed] |
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Victory
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Marzpanate Armenia (428–646) | |||
Vartanantz War (episode 1: 450–451, episode 2: 481–484) | Sasanian Armenia | ![]() |
Compromise
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Principality of Armenia (645–884) | |||
Battle of Vardanakert (702) | Principality of Armenia | ![]() |
Victory
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Battle of Bagrevand (775) | Principality of Armenia | ![]() |
Defeat
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Bagratid Armenia (885–1045) | |||
Battle of Sevan (921) | ![]() |
Sajid dynasty | Victory
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Battle of Ani (1042) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Armenian Principality of Cilicia (1080–1198) Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1198–1375) | |||
First Crusade (1096–1099) |
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Victory
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Second Crusade (1145–1149) |
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Defeat in Anatolia
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Armenian–Byzantine wars (1151–1168) |
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Victory
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War with Antioch (1156) |
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Compromise[citation needed]
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Third Crusade (1189–1192) |
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Ayyubid Sultanate
Nizari Ismaili: Christian opponents: |
Victory
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Ninth Crusade (1271–1272) |
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Defeat
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Armenian national–liberation movement (18th century–1918) | |||
Persian Campaign (1914-1918) |
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Victory
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First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920) | |||
Caucasus Campaign (World War I) (1918) |
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Armistice
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Armenian–Azerbaijani War (1918–1920) |
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Indecisive
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Georgian–Armenian War (1918) |
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Inconclusive
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Turkish–Armenian War/Soviet invasion of Armenia (1920) |
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Defeat
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Soviet Social Republic of Armenia (1920–1991) | |||
World War II (1939–1945) |
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Victory
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Republic of Armenia (1991–) | |||
First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988–1994) |
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Victory Armenian victory[7]
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2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict[citation needed] | ![]() ![]() |
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Inconclusive Inconclusive (see aftermath) |
Second Nagorno-Karabakh war (2020) |
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Defeat Azerbaijani victory[12][13] |
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The war ended at Ceasefire Agreement in 1994, with the Armenians of Karabakh (supported by Armenia) taking control not only of Nagorny Karabakh itself but also occupying in whole or in part seven regions of Azerbaijan surrounding the former NKAO.
Azerbaijan presents its operations of 2–5 April 2016 as a tactical victory and psychological breakthrough.
President Ilham Aliyev, for his part, posted an image on Instagram of himself wearing military fatigues with the caption, "The April War was our glorious historical victory."
....It was noted that during the military actions unleashed by Azerbaijan, the RA Armed Forces fulfilled their task. The NKR Defence Army was victorious in thwarting Azerbaijani aggression and frustrating its plans.
Azerbaijan's historic win was an important geopolitical coup for Erdogan who has cemented Turkey's leading role as a powerbroker in the ex-Soviet Caucasus region.
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.