List of wars involving Armenia

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

Kingdom of Armenia (331 BC–428 AD)

Kingdom of Armenia (331 BC–428 AD)

Conflict	Armenian side (and allies)	Opponent	Results	Notable battles
Campaigns of Artaxias I (189–165 BCE)	Kingdom of Armenia Kingdom of Sophene	Atropatene Kingdom of Cataonia Kingdom of Pontus Lesser Armenia 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]}	Kingdom of Armenia Kingdom of Sophene	Seleucid Empire	Victory Armenia conquers the region of Tmorik.^{[citation needed]} 3 years later Antiochus IV Epiphanes is forced to retreat due to internal troubles at home.^{[citation needed]} Artaxias I captured, but escapes with the aid of Timarchus.^{[citation needed]}
Armenian-Iberian War (168–165 BCE)^[1]^{[failed verification]}^[2]	Kingdom of Armenia	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?)	Kingdom of Armenia	Parthian Empire Atropatene	Defeat Territorial gains for Parthia Tigranes II given as a hostage to Parthian court
Military campaigns of Tigranes the Great (95–78 BCE)	Kingdom of Armenia	Atropatene	Victory Kingdoms of Sophene, Osroene, Commagene, Atropatene pledge loyalty to Armenia, Tigranes annexes Cilicia Pedias, Mygdonia, and Syria. Launches numerous attacks upon the Kingdom of Cappadocia^[3]
Third Mithridatic War (73–66 BC)^{[citation needed]}	Kingdom of Armenia Kingdom of Pontus	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]	Battle of Artaxata (68 BC)
Iberian–Armenian War (50–53 AD)	Kingdom of Armenia	Kingdom of Iberia	Victory Tiridates I crowned King of Armenia
Roman–Parthian War of 58–63	Kingdom of Armenia Parthian Empire	Roman Empire Sophene Lesser Armenia Kingdom of Iberia Commagene Kingdom of Pontus	Victory Treaty of Rhandeia Arsacids established on Armenian throne
Ardashir I invasion of Armenia (226–238)^{[citation needed]}	Kingdom of Armenia	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

Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) and Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258, 1261–1517)

Conflict	Armenian side (and allies)	Opponent	Results
Battle of Vardanakert (702 - 703)	Arminiya	Umayyad Caliphate	Victory Armenian victory
Battle of Bagrevand (25 April 775)	Armenian princes	Abbasid Caliphate	Defeated Decisive Abbasid victory
Battle of Sevan (921) (part of Arab–Byzantine wars)	Bagratid Armenia	Sajid dynasty	Armenian victory

Armenian Principality of Cilicia (1080–1198) and Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1198–1375)

Armenian Principality of Cilicia (1080–1198)
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (1198–1375)

Conflict	Armenian side (and allies)	Opponent	Results
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	Defeat in Anatolia Status quo ante bellum in the Levant Victory in Iberia Crusaders capture Lisbon, Tortosa, Wagria, and Polabia
Armenian–Byzantine wars (1151–1168)	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 its pretensions to the Armenian state^{[citation needed]}
War with Antioch (1156)	Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia	Principality of Antioch Supported by: 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)	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.
Ninth Crusade (1271–1272)	Kingdom of France Kingdom of Cyprus Kingdom of England Kingdom of Cilicia	Mamluks	Defeat Treaty of Caesarea Crusader states collapsed^{[citation needed]}

Safavid dynasty (1501 - 1736)

Conflict	Armenian side (and allies)	Opponent	Results
Battle of Yeghevārd (19 June 1735) (part of Caucasus Campaign and Campaigns of Nader Shah)	Safavid Iran	Ottoman Empire	Persian victory

Qajar Iran (1789–1925)

Conflict	Armenian side (and allies)	Opponent	Result	Notable battles
Russo-Persian War (1804–1813)	Qajar Iran	Russian Empire	Russian victory Treaty of Gulistan	Battle of Echmiadzin (June 1804) - Inconclusive Siege of Erivan (July-September 1804) - Iranian victory Siege of Erivan (October-November 1808) - Iranian victory
Russo-Persian War (1826–1828)	Qajar Iran	Russian Empire	Russian victory Treaty of Turkmenchay	Capture of Erivan (1 October 1827) - Russian victory

Ottoman Armenia

Conflict	Armenian side (and allies)	Result	Notable battles
Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)	Ottoman Empire	Russian victory	Battle of Arpachai (18 June 1807) - Russian victory

Armenian national–liberation movement (18th century–1918)

Conflict	Armenian side (and allies)	Opponent	Results
Persian Campaign (1914-1918)	Russian Empire (1914-1917) Armenian volunteers British Empire Assyrian volunteers	Ottoman Empire Qajar Iran Azeris Kurds	Victory The Fedayi helped the Assyrians to take over West Azerbaijan from the Turks in the Urmia revolt and Battle of Khoy Overthrow of the Qajar regime a few years later^{[citation needed]}

First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920)

Conflict	Armenian side (and allies)	Opponent	Results	Notable battles
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 Battle of Kazakh Sovietization of Armenia and Azerbaijan Karabakh and Nakhchivan dispute settled in favor of Azerbaijan Zangezur came under Armenia's control.^{[citation needed]}
Georgian–Armenian War (1918)	First Republic of Armenia	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)	First Republic of Armenia	Turkey Russian SFSR	Defeat All of Western Armenia is given to Turkey Rest of Armenia is Sovietized	Battle of Alexandropol (7 November 1920) - Turkish victory

Soviet Social Republic of Armenia (1920–1991)

Conflict	Armenian side (and allies)	Opponent	Results
World War II (1939–1945)	Soviet Union Soviet Armenia	Germany Armenian Legion	Victory 500,000 Armenians fought in the Soviet Army, 200,000 of whom perished. 20,000 Armenians fought in the American Armed Forces^{[citation needed]} 10,000 Armenians fought in the French Armed Forces^{[citation needed]}

Republic of Armenia (1991– present day)

Conflict	Armenian side (and allies)	Opponent	Results
First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988–1994)	Armenia Nagorno-Karabakh	Azerbaijan	Victory Armenian victory^[7] De facto independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ceasefire (Bishkek Protocol).
2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict^{[citation needed]}	Armenia Nagorno-Karabakh	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)	Armenia Artsakh	Azerbaijan	Defeat Azerbaijani victory^[12]^[13]

References

^ Moses, of Khoren, activeth century (1978). History of the Armenians. Robert W. Thomson. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. pp. 185–187, 193–196. ISBN 0-674-39571-9. OCLC 3168093.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ The Georgian chronicles of Kʻartʻlis Cʻxovreba (A History of Georgia) : translated and with commentary. Stephen Jones, Roin Metreveli, Sakʿartʿvelos mecʿnierebatʿa akademia. Komissii︠a︡ po istochnikam istorii Gruzii. Tʻbilisi. 2014. pp. 31–34. ISBN 978-9941-445-52-1. OCLC 883445390.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
^ Garsoian, Nina (2005). "Tigran II". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
^ McGing, B. C. (1986). The Foreign Policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus. Brill. p. 166.
^ Patterson, Lee E. (2015). "Antony and Armenia". TAPA. 145 (1 (Spring)). The Johns Hopkins University Press: 77.
^ Edwell, Peter (2021). Rome and Persia at War: Imperial Competition and Contact, 193–363 CE. Routledge. p. 11.
^ "World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples – Armenia". Refworld. Minority Rights Group International. 2007. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016. The war ended at Ceasefire Agreement in 1994, with the Armenians of Karabakh (supported by Armenia) taking control not only of Nagorny Karabakh itself but also occupying in whole or in part seven regions of Azerbaijan surrounding the former NKAO.
^ "The Nagorny Karabakh Conflict: Defaulting to War". chathamhouse.org. Chatham House. 11 July 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2019. Azerbaijan presents its operations of 2–5 April 2016 as a tactical victory and psychological breakthrough.
^ Jardine, Bradley (April 2, 2018). "Armenians and Azerbaijanis commemorate two years since breakout of "April War"". EurasiaNet. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020. President Ilham Aliyev, for his part, posted an image on Instagram of himself wearing military fatigues with the caption, "The April War was our glorious historical victory."
^ "President Serzh Sargsyan invited a meeting of the National Security Council". president.am. Office to the President of Armenia. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020. ....It was noted that during the military actions unleashed by Azerbaijan, the RA Armed Forces fulfilled their task. The NKR Defence Army was victorious in thwarting Azerbaijani aggression and frustrating its plans.
^ Aslanian, Karlen; Movsisian, Hovannes (April 5, 2016). "Azeri Offensive In Karabakh Failed, Says Sarkisian". azatutyun.am. RFE/RL. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ "'One nation, two states' on display as Erdogan visits Azerbaijan for Karabakh victory parade". France24. 10 December 2020. Azerbaijan's historic win was an important geopolitical coup for Erdogan who has cemented Turkey's leading role as a powerbroker in the ex-Soviet Caucasus region.
^ "Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia sign Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal". BBC. 10 November 2020. The BBC's Orla Guerin in Baku says that, overall, the deal should be read as a victory for Azerbaijan and a defeat for Armenia.

[:1-1] Moses, of Khoren, activeth century (1978). History of the Armenians. Robert W. Thomson. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. pp. 185–187, 193–196. ISBN 0-674-39571-9. OCLC 3168093.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[:0-2] The Georgian chronicles of Kʻartʻlis Cʻxovreba (A History of Georgia) : translated and with commentary. Stephen Jones, Roin Metreveli, Sakʿartʿvelos mecʿnierebatʿa akademia. Komissii︠a︡ po istochnikam istorii Gruzii. Tʻbilisi. 2014. pp. 31–34. ISBN 978-9941-445-52-1. OCLC 883445390.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)

[3] Garsoian, Nina (2005). "Tigran II". Encyclopaedia Iranica.

[4] McGing, B. C. (1986). The Foreign Policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus. Brill. p. 166.

[5] Patterson, Lee E. (2015). "Antony and Armenia". TAPA. 145 (1 (Spring)). The Johns Hopkins University Press: 77.

[6] Edwell, Peter (2021). Rome and Persia at War: Imperial Competition and Contact, 193–363 CE. Routledge. p. 11.

[7] "World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples – Armenia". Refworld. Minority Rights Group International. 2007. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016. The war ended at Ceasefire Agreement in 1994, with the Armenians of Karabakh (supported by Armenia) taking control not only of Nagorny Karabakh itself but also occupying in whole or in part seven regions of Azerbaijan surrounding the former NKAO.

[8] "The Nagorny Karabakh Conflict: Defaulting to War". chathamhouse.org. Chatham House. 11 July 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2019. Azerbaijan presents its operations of 2–5 April 2016 as a tactical victory and psychological breakthrough.

[9] Jardine, Bradley (April 2, 2018). "Armenians and Azerbaijanis commemorate two years since breakout of "April War"". EurasiaNet. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020. President Ilham Aliyev, for his part, posted an image on Instagram of himself wearing military fatigues with the caption, "The April War was our glorious historical victory."

[10] "President Serzh Sargsyan invited a meeting of the National Security Council". president.am. Office to the President of Armenia. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020. ....It was noted that during the military actions unleashed by Azerbaijan, the RA Armed Forces fulfilled their task. The NKR Defence Army was victorious in thwarting Azerbaijani aggression and frustrating its plans.

[11] Aslanian, Karlen; Movsisian, Hovannes (April 5, 2016). "Azeri Offensive In Karabakh Failed, Says Sarkisian". azatutyun.am. RFE/RL. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[12] "'One nation, two states' on display as Erdogan visits Azerbaijan for Karabakh victory parade". France24. 10 December 2020. Azerbaijan's historic win was an important geopolitical coup for Erdogan who has cemented Turkey's leading role as a powerbroker in the ex-Soviet Caucasus region.

[13] "Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia sign Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal". BBC. 10 November 2020. The BBC's Orla Guerin in Baku says that, overall, the deal should be read as a victory for Azerbaijan and a defeat for Armenia.

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