List of wars involving Armenia

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This is a list of wars involving Armenia and its predecessor states. The list gives the name, the date, the combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

  Armenian victory
  Defeat
  Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result,
status quo ante Bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)
  Ongoing conflict
ConflictArmenian side (and allies)OpponentResults
Kingdom of Armenia (331 BC–428 AD)
Campaigns of Artaxias I
(189–165 BCE)
Artaxiad.svg Kingdom of Armenia
Kingdom of Sophene
Flag of Atropatena.png Atropatene
Kingdom of Cataonia
Flag of Pontus.svg Kingdom of Pontus
Lesser Armenia
Kartli - drosha jvari.svg Kingdom of Iberia
Victory
  • Atropatene comes under Artaxias's zone of influence.[ citation needed ]
  • Armenia conquers the regions of Karenitis, Derksen, Akilisene and Antitaurus.[ citation needed ]
Seleucid-Armenian War
(168–165 BCE)[ citation needed ]
Artaxiad.svg Kingdom of Armenia
Kingdom of Sophene
Seleucid Empire Victory
Armenian-Iberian War
(168–165 BCE) [1] [ failed verification ] [2]
Artaxiad.svg Kingdom of Armenia Kartli - drosha jvari.svg Kingdom of Iberia
Kingdom of Alania
Compromise[ citation needed ]
  • Artaxias I's general and son Zariadres captured, would be released on the following terms:
  • Javakheti, Ardahan, and the Fortress of Demotistsikhe would be ceded to Iberia
  • A defensive alliance between Armenia and Iberia would be formed
Armenia invaded by Parthian Empire
(120–100 BCE?)
Artaxiad.svg Kingdom of Armenia Flag of Parthian empire.png Parthian Empire
Flag of Atropatena.png Atropatene
Defeat
  • Territorial gains for Parthia
  • Tigranes II given as a hostage to Parthian court
Military campaigns of Tigranes the Great
(95–78 BCE)
Artaxiad.svg Kingdom of Armenia Flag of Atropatena.png Atropatene Victory
Third Mithridatic War (73–66 BC)[ citation needed ]
Artaxiad.svg Kingdom of Armenia
Flag of Pontus.svg Kingdom of Pontus
Spqrstone.jpg Roman Republic Defeat
  • Pontus is divided up: one part becomes a client state of Rome, the other a Roman province. [4]
  • Armenia becomes a client kingdom of Rome. [5]
  • Tigranacerta destroyed in 69 bc. [6]
Iberian–Armenian War
(50–53 AD)
Arshakuni.png Kingdom of Armenia Kartli - drosha jvari.svg Kingdom of Iberia Victory
Roman–Parthian War of 58–63 Arshakuni.png Kingdom of Armenia
Flag of Parthian empire.png Parthian Empire
Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg Roman Empire
Sophene
Lesser Armenia
Kartli - drosha jvari.svg Kingdom of Iberia
Commagene
Flag of Pontus.svg Kingdom of Pontus
Victory
Ardashir I invasion of Armenia
(226–238)[ citation needed ]
Arshakuni.png Kingdom of Armenia Derafsh Kaviani flag of the late Sassanid Empire.svg Sasanian Empire Victory
  • After twelve years of fighting against Tiridates II, Ardashir I withdrew his army and left Armenia.
  • Tiridates II strengthen his positions in Middle East
Armenian Principality of Cilicia (1080–1198)
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1198–1375)
First Crusade
(1096–1099)
Shield and Coat of Arms of the Holy Roman Emperor (c.1200-c.1300).svg Holy Roman Empire
Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
Coat of Arms of Robert Guiscard.svg Duchy of Apulia
Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire
Armoiries Hethoumides.svg Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Flag of the Seljuks.svg Great Seljuq Empire
Danishmends
Fatimids
Flag of Almohad Dynasty.svg Almoravids
Flag of Afghanistan pre-1901.svg Abbasids
Victory
Second Crusade
(1145–1149)
Blason Royaume de Jerusalem.svg Kingdom of Jerusalem
Armoiries Tripoli.svg County of Tripoli
Attributed Coat of Arms of the Principality of Antioch.svg Principality of Antioch
Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
Shield and Coat of Arms of the Holy Roman Emperor (c.1200-c.1300).svg Holy Roman Empire
Armoires portugal 1160.svg Kingdom of Portugal
Blason Castille.svg Kingdom of Castile
Aragon arms.svg County of Barcelona
Blason Leon.svg Kingdom of León
Ancien blason Danemark.svg Kingdom of Denmark
Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire
Armoiries Hethoumides.svg Kingdom of Cilicia
Royal Arms of England (1154-1189).svg Kingdom of England
POL Przemysl II 1295 COA.svg Kingdom of Poland
Flag of the Seljuks.svg Seljuq Sultanate
Flag of Almohad Dynasty.svg Almoravids
Flag of Almohad Dynasty.svg Almohads
Zengids
Black flag.svg Abbasids
Fatimids
Defeat in Anatolia


Victory in Iberia

Armenian–Byzantine wars
(1151–1168)
Rubenid Flag.svg Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire Victory
  • Armenians inflicted a heavy defeat to the Byzantine army in the battle of Mamistra
  • The Byzantine Empire abandoned its pretensions to the Armenian state[ citation needed ]
War with Antioch
(1156)
Rubenid Flag.svg Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Coat of Arms of Prince Bohemond VI of Antioch.png Principality of Antioch

Supported by:
Byzantine imperial flag, 14th century.svg Byzantine Empire

Compromise[ citation needed ]
  • After a short battle near Alexendretta, Raynald of Châtillon was forced to return home, covered with humiliation
  • Thoros voluntarily surrendered to the Temlpars the fortresses in question, and the Knights took an oath “to assist the Armenians on all occasions where they needed help.”
  • Having secured the land he wanted, Raynald demanded his subsidies from the emperor who refused them, pointing out that the main task had yet to be done. Raynald quickly sided with Thoros and conspired to attack Cyprus
Third Crusade
(1189–1192)
Shield and Coat of Arms of the Holy Roman Emperor (c.1200-c.1300).svg Holy Roman Empire
Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svg Kingdom of England
Arms of the Kingdom of France (Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
Crusader States

Military Orders
Rubenid Flag.svg Kingdom of Cilician Armenia
Coa Hungary Country History Bela III (1172-1196).svg Kingdom of Hungary
Armoiries Genes.svg Republic of Genoa
Shield of the Republic of Pisa.svg Republic of Pisa

Ayyubid Sultanate

Flag of Sultanate of Rum.svg Sultanate of Rûm


Nizari Ismaili:
Christian opponents:
Victory
  • Treaty of Jaffa, the result of Crusader military victories and successful sieges.
Ninth Crusade
(1271–1272)
Arms of the Kings of France (France Ancien).svg Kingdom of France
Armoiries Chypre.svg Kingdom of Cyprus
Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svg Kingdom of England
Armoiries Hethoumides.svg Kingdom of Cilicia
Mameluke Flag.svg Mamluks Defeat
Armenian national–liberation movement (18th century–1918)
Persian Campaign
(1914-1918)
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Empire (1914-1917)

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Empire
Flag of the Assyrian Volunteers.svg Assyrian volunteers

Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg Ottoman Empire
Flag of Persia (1910-1925).svg Qajar Iran
Victory
First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920)
Caucasus Campaign
(World War I)

(1918)
Flag of the First Republic of Armenia.svg Armenian National Council Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire Armistice
Armenian–Azerbaijani War
(1918–1920)
Flag of the First Republic of Armenia.svg First Republic of Armenia Flag of Azerbaijan 1918.svg Azerbaijan Indecisive
Georgian–Armenian War
(1918)
Flag of the First Republic of Armenia.svg First Republic of Armenia Flag of Georgia (1918-1921, 4-5).svg  Georgia Inconclusive
  • Armenia gains the province of Lori.
  • With the intervention of Great Britain, a truce was concluded between Armenia and Georgia.
Turkish–Armenian War/Soviet invasion of Armenia
(1920)
Flag of the First Republic of Armenia.svg First Republic of Armenia Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg Turkey
Flag RSFSR 1918.svg  Russian SFSR
Defeat
Soviet Social Republic of Armenia (1920–1991)
World War II
(1939–1945)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg Germany Victory
Republic of Armenia (1991–)
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
(1988–1994)
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Flag of Artsakh.svg  Nagorno-Karabakh
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Victory
Armenian victory [7]
2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict [ citation needed ]Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Flag of Artsakh.svg  Nagorno-Karabakh
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Inconclusive
Inconclusive (see aftermath )
  • Azerbaijan claims victory [8] [9]
  • Armenia claims to have successfully repelled the Azerbaijani offensive [10] [11]
Second Nagorno-Karabakh war
(2020)
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
Flag of Artsakh.svg  Artsakh
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Defeat
Azerbaijani victory [12] [13]

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