context: Erebuni (Irpuni, Irepuni, Erevuni, Erevani [1], Armenian: Էրեբունի) is an ancient city of the state of Urartu, whose ruins are located on the Arin-Berd hill in Yerevan in Armenia. Erebuni was founded by King Urartu Argishti I in 782 BC. uh. as a stronghold for securing the Urartians in the Ararat Valley. Due to the fact that Erebuni was located inside Yerevan, as well as linguistic evidence that when translated from Armenian, Erebuni and Yerevan have very close semantic meaning, namely “father’s residence”, Erebuni is identified with Yerevan, counting 782 BC. e. the year of foundation of Yerevan. After the decline of the city in the IV century BC. e., up to the III century A.D. e. no data indicating the existence of a significant settlement on the site of Yerevan. The city begins to be built up again only from the 3rd century BC. e. 2 kilometers north of Erebuni, but already with the “Erevan” uniform. Forbes magazine included the settlement in the list of “9 most ancient fortresses in the world” [2]
question: When was Erebuni founded?
answers.text: 782 BC. uh