KING TIRIDATES III OF THE ARSACID ROYAL HOUSE

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"King Trdat spent the whole period of his reign devastating the land of the Persian kingdom and the land of Asorestan (Assyria) . He plundered and caused terrible distress. For truly he was haughty in dress and endowed with great strength and vigor; he had solid bones and an enormous body, he was incredibly brave and warlike, tall and broad of stature. He spent his whole life in war and gained triumphs in combat. He acquired a great renown for bravery and extended throughout the whole world the glorious splendor of his victories. He threw his enemies into disarray and revenged his ancestors. He devastated many of the regions of Syria and took a great amount of booty from them. He put to the sword the armies of the Persians and acquired enormous booty. He became commander of the cavalry of the Greek army, and handed over to them the camps (of the enemy). He expelled the armies of the Huns by force and subjected the regions of Persia".

Agat'angełos - IVth century historian of the Armenian Conversion to Christianity. Agat'angełos –
THE HISTORY OF THE ARMENIANS --  p.135, translated by
Armenologist Robert W. Thomson, State University of New York Press, 1976.