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Sculptor: R. Sargsyan

Material: Tufa

Year: 2000


Tiridates I ruled in the Arsacid dynasty of Greater Armenia from 52. 

The Arsacid dynasty of Armenia (or Arshakuni) was a branch of the Arsacid dynasty of Parthia. The first Arshakuni was Tiridates I, brother of Parthian king Vagharsh I. Officially, he was crowned King of Armenia by the Roman emperor Nero in  66 AD. The statue of Tiridates I the Great is located in Malatia-Sebastia administrative district of Yerevan.


Malatia-Sebastia district