Parandzem

Parandzem
Last Battle of Queen Pharandzem, by Rubik Kocharian, 2013
Queen consort of Armenia
Reign359 - 369
Born327
Syunik
Died369


Parandzem[a] (died winter 369/70) was the consort of King Arshak II of Armenia. She was a member of the noble house of Siwni. She was regent of Armenia during the absence of her spouse and son in 368–370, and is famous for her defense of the fortress of Artagers against Persia. She was brutally put to death by the Persians after the fall of Artagers in the winter of 369/70. Her son Pap was soon after restored to the throne with Roman assistance.

  1. ^ Faustus of Byzantium - History of the Armenians
  2. ^ Kurkjian, A History of Armenia, p.105
  3. ^ Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
  4. ^ Lenski, Failure of Empire: Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D., p.p.170-172


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