List of wars involving Armenia

History of Armenia

Etymology Timeline Traditional Urheimat
Prehistory Stone & Copper Age Shulaveri-Shomu culture c.6500–3400 BCE Areni-1 Cave Complex Kura–Araxes culture c.3400–2000 BCE Legend of Hayk (?) 2492 BCE Bronze & Iron Age Hayasa-Azzi c.1500–1290 BCE Arme-Shupria c.1300s–1190 BCE Ararat/Urartu Nairi Tribes 1114–860 BCE Kingdom of Van 860–590 BCE Scythian & Mede Invasions 6th Century BCE
Antiquity Achaemenid Period Satrapy of Armina 549–331 BCE Orontid Dynasty Ancient Armenia Kingdom of Armenia 321 BCE–428 CE Artaxiad dynasty 189 BCE–12 CE Empire 84–34 BCE Arsacid dynasty 52–428 CE Roman–Parthian War 58–63 CE Roman Province of Armenia 114–118 CE Christianization 301 CE Armenia Minor 331–72 BCE Kingdom of Sophene c.200–94 BCE Kingdom of Commagene 163 BCE–72 CE Marzpanate period Byzantine Armenia 387–536 Persian Armenia 428–646 Mamikonian dynasty Battle of Avarayr 451
Middle Ages Arabic Period Emirate of Armenia 653–884 Hamamshen 700s–1300s Amatuni Dynasty Medieval Armenia Bagratid Armenia 884–1045 Bagratid dynasty 861–1118 Kingdom of Vaspurakan 908–1021 Artsruni dynasty Sajid dynasty 889–929 Sallarid dynasty 919–1062 Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget 979–1118 Kingdom of Artsakh 1000–1261 House of Hasan-Jalalyan Battle of Manzikert 1071 Cilician & Turco-Mongol Period Seljuq rule 1071–1201 Georgian union 1201–1236 Ilkhanid rule 1236–1335 Principality of Khachen 1261–1750 Turkmen rule 1335–1508 Kingdom of Cilicia 1198–1375 Rubenid dynasty 1000–1261 Hethumid dynasty 1226–1373 Lusignan dynasty 1341–1375
Early modern age Perso-Ottoman Period Safavid & Qajar rule 1502–1828 Five Melikdoms Nakhichevan deportation 1606 Ceding of Eastern Armenia 1828 Ottoman rule 1548–1915 Six Vilayets 1878 Hamidian massacres 1895–1896 Armenian Genocide 1909–1918 Russian period Russian rule 1828–1918 Armenian Oblast 1828–1840 Western Armenia 1915–1918 National Liberation Movement Armenakan 1885 S.D. Hunchakian Party 1887 ARF (Dashnaktsutyun) 1890 Caucasus Campaign 1914–1918 Battle of Sardarapat 1918 Battle of Karakilisa 1918 Modern Armenia First Republic of Armenia 1918–1920 Treaty of Batum 1918 War with Azerbaijan 1918–1920 War with Georgia 1918 Wilsonian Armenia 1920 Turkish-Soviet Invasion 1920
Modern age Soviet Period Armenian S.S.R. 1920–1991 February Uprising 1921 Republic of Mountainous Armenia 1921 Treaty of Moscow 1921 Treaty of Kars 1921 Territorial claims against Turkey 1945–1953 Independence Armenian diaspora Hidden Armenians Republic of Armenia since 1991 Nagorno-Karabakh Republic since 1994 Nagorno-Karabakh War 1989–1994
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This is a list of wars and conflicts that Armenia or Armenians have been involved in.

Conflict	Armenian side (and allies)	Opponent	Results
Kingdom of Armenia (553 BC–428 AD)
Armenian–Parthian War (87-85 BCE)	Kingdom of Armenia	Parthia	Victory Kingdoms of Osroene and Atropatene pledge loyalty to Armenia Parthia recognizes Tigranes the Great as Supreme Ruler of the East Tigranes the Great declared King of Kings
Armenian–Roman War (69-68 BCE)	Kingdom of Armenia	Roman Republic	Victory Roman troops defeated and expelled from Armenia Armenian and Pontiac troops freed Pont from the Romans
Third Mithridatic War (73-66 BC)	Kingdom of Armenia Kingdom of Pontus	Roman Republic	Defeat Armenia and Pontus become client states of Rome
Armenia regain Sofena and Armenia Minor (53 BCE)	Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire	Roman Republic	Victory The defeat of the Romans in the battle with the Parthians at Carrhae in 53 BC allowed Armenia regained lost earlier Sofena and Armenia Minor
Armenia–Iberia War (51)	Kingdom of Armenia	Kingdom of Iberia	Victory Tiridates I crowned King of Armenia
Roman–Parthian War (58-63)	Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire	Roman Empire	Stalemate Armenia becomes allies with Rome
Battle of Rhandeia (62)	Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire	Roman Empire	Victory Romans were defeated by the Armenian-Parthian army led by Tiridates I of Armenia
Marzpanate Armenia (428–646)
Vartanantz War (episode 1:450-451) (episode 2:481-484)	House of Mamikonian	Sasanian Empire	Tactical victory Nvarsak Treaty Religious freedom and autonomy for Christianity
Kingdom of Armenia (885–1045)
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 Kingdom of Jerusalem created Crusader states created
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	Marginal Victory Christian victory in Iberia and the Baltic Muslim victory in the Holy Land Crusaders capture Lisbon, Tortosa, Wagria, and Polabia
Wars between Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia and Byzantine Empire (1145-1160)	Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia	Byzantine Empire	Victory Armenians inflicted a heavy defeat to the Byzantine army in the battle of Mamistra The Byzantine Empire abandoned it's pretensions to the Armenian state
Third Crusade (1189-1192)	Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of England Kingdom of France Crusader States Kingdom of Jerusalem Principality of Antioch County of Tripoli Military Orders Kingdom of Cilician Armenia Kingdom of Hungary Republic of Genoa Republic of Pisa	Ayyubid Sultanate Sultanate of Egypt Emirate of Damascus Emirate of Hama Emirate of Mesopotamia Sultanate of Rûm Nizari Ismaili: Nizari Ismaili state Christian opponents: Byzantine Empire Empire of Cyprus Kingdom of Sicily	Victory Treaty of Jaffa, the result of Crusader military victories and successful sieges.
Siege of Acre (1189–1191)	Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Kingdom of England Kingdom of France Kingdom of Jerusalem Knights Templar Knights Hospitaller Holy Roman Empire Principality of Antioch	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 Ilkhanate Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Kingdom of Georgia Principality of Antioch Persia Mongolian China	Abbasid Caliphate Ayyubid dynasty	Victory
Siege of Aleppo (1260)	Mongol Empire Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Principality of Antioch	Ayyubid dynasty	Victory
Ninth Crusade (1271-1272)	Kingdom of France Kingdom of Cyprus Kingdom of England Kingdom of Cilicia	Mamluks	Defeat Treaty of Caesarea Crusader states collapsed
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 Treaty of Batum Establishment of the First Republic of Armenia
Armenian–Azerbaijani War (1918–1920)	First Republic of Armenia	Azerbaijan	Indecisive Karabakh and Nakhichevan dispute settled in favor of Azerbaijan Zangezur liberated by Armenia
Georgian–Armenian War (1918)	First Republic of Armenia	Georgia	Indecisive Mutual administration of the Lori Province.
Turkish–Armenian War (1920)	First Republic of Armenia	Turkey Soviet Union	Defeat All of Western Armenia is given to Turkey Rest of Armenia is Sovietized
Republic of Mountainous Armenia (1921)
Battle of Mountainous Armenia (1921)	Mountainous Armenia	Soviet Union Turkey Azerbaijan SSR	Victory Mountainous Armenia united with Armenian SSR
Republic of Armenia (1991–)
Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988–1994)	Armenia Nagorno-Karabakh	Azerbaijan	Victory Independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ceasefire treaty (Bishkek Protocol).

Peacekeeping missions

Mission	Start-date	End-date	Location	Troops deployed
KFOR	2004	2012	Kosovo	70
MNF-I	2005	2008	Iraq	46
ISAF	2008	Ongoing	Afghanistan	130

List of wars involving Armenia

Peacekeeping missions

See also