Ghazar Parpetsi | |
|---|---|
| Ղազար Փարպեցի | |
 Monument to Ghazar Parpetsi in Parpi | |
| Born | c. 441-443 or 453[1] |
| Died | Early sixth century Parpi1 |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, clergyman |
| Known for | History of the Armenians, Letter to Vahan Mamikonian |
| Notes | |
1It also has been suggested that he was buried at the Holy Apostles Monastery in Mush. | |
Ghazar Parpetsi (Armenian: Ղազար Փարպեցի, romanized: Łazar P῾arpec῾i) was a fifth-to-sixth-century Armenian historian. He had close ties with the powerful Mamikonian noble family and is most prominent for writing a history of Armenia in the last years of the fifth century or at the beginning of the sixth century. The history covers events from 387 to 485, starting with the partition of Armenia between the Byzantine and Sasanian empires and ending with the appointment of Vahan Mamikonian (Ghazar's friend and patron) as marzpan (governor) of Sasanian-ruled Armenia. It is the main source for Armenian history in the fifth century and is one of the two main accounts, along with that of Elishe, of the Armenian rebellion of 449–451 led by Vardan Mamikonian