page_title: Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)
section_title: Provinces
hierarchical_section_title: Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity) / Political geography / Provinces
caption_attribution_description: English: Historical regions of Greater Armenia
context_page_description: The Kingdom of Armenia, also the Kingdom of Greater Armenia, or simply Greater Armenia, sometimes referred to as the Armenian Empire, was a monarchy in the Ancient Near East which existed from 321 BC to 428 AD. Its history is divided into successive reigns by three royal dynasties: Orontid, Artaxiad and Arsacid.
  The root of the kingdom lies in one of the satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia called Armenia, which was formed from the territory of the Kingdom of Ararat after it was conquered by the Median Empire in 590 BC. The satrapy became a kingdom in 321 BC during the reign of the Orontid dynasty after the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great, which was then incorporated as one of the Hellenistic kingdoms of the Seleucid Empire.
  Under the Seleucid Empire, the Armenian throne was divided in two – Armenia Maior and Sophene – both of which passed to members of the Artaxiad dynasty in 189 BC.
context_section_description: The 15 provinces of the Kingdom of Armenia with their capitals are as follows:
  Upper Armenia, 23,860 km² (9,000 sq mi) (Garin)
  Sophene; 18,890 km² (7,000 sq mi) (Arsamosata)
  Aghdznik; 17,532 km² (7,000 sq mi) (Tigranakert)
  Turuberan; 25,008 km² (10,000 sq mi) (Manzikert)
  Corduene; 14,707 km² (6,000 sq mi) (Pinik)
  Moxoene; 2,962 km² (1,000 sq mi) (Moks)
  Nor Shirakan; 11,010 km² (4,000 sq mi) (Her)
  Vaspurakan; 40,870 km² (16,000 sq mi) (Van)
  Syunik; 15,237 km² (6,000 sq mi) (Baghaberd)
  Artsakh; 11,528 km² (4,000 sq mi) (Shusha)
  Paytakaran; 21,000 km² (8,000 sq mi) (Paytakaran)
  Utik; 11,315 km² (4,000 sq mi) (Partav)
  Gugark; 16,765 km² (6,000 sq mi) (Ardahan)
  Tayk; 10,179 km² (4,000 sq mi) (Olti)
  Ayrarat; 40,105 km² (15,000 sq mi) (Armavir)
  Other Armenian regions:
  Lesser Armenia; 100,000 km² (39,000 sq mi) (Nikopolis)
  Armenian Mesopotamia; 20,000 km² (8,000 sq mi) (Edessa)
caption: Regions of Greater Armenia (Arsacid Armenia).
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