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Persarmenien is the late antique term for that part of Armenia (which was much larger in ancient times and the Middle Ages as the present state ), the end of the 4th century AD permanently came under the control of Sassanidenreichs. The name appears (eg Bella 8,2,20 ), or Evagrius Scholasticus ( Ecclesiastical History 5.7 ) even at late Roman authors such as Prokopios.

Agreed well in the year 387, the Roman emperor Theodosius I and the Persian Great King Shapur III. with respect to Armenia, which has always represented a bone of contention between Rome and the Parthians and later the Sassanids. Only about a fifth of the country fell to Rome (whose strategic needs so was satisfied ), the rest came under Persian control. Originally yet a Vasallenkönigtum under rulers from the dynasty of the Arsacids, was Persarmenien 428 Sassanid province with its own governor; new capital was Dvin ( Dubious ).

With the demarcation of 387 allowed both parties, Romans and Persians, in principle live. Nevertheless, Rome and Persia fought during the remainder of Late Antiquity and over again to Armenia, even when the relations between the two great powers in the 5th century largely peaceful in nature. After Armenia had already been largely Christianized around 310, led religious differences with Persia, where Zoroastrianism played a leading role in numerous uprisings in the country - especially 449-451 ( peak: Battle of Avarayr in June 451) and 571/72 - what the relations between Byzantium and the Sassanid Empire disturbed sensitive. In addition, strategic- economic interests played a role. Finally, in the 6th and 7th century it came to bitter fighting between Rome and Persia for the possession of this region (for details, see Roman- Persian Wars).

591 King Chosroes II, leaving virtually all Persarmenien the Byzantine ( Eastern Roman Empire ), but since 603 conquered the Sassanid back to the field. At the very end of late antiquity, after the Persian war of Heraclius, from the Ostrom had emerged victorious, was 630 again virtually throughout Armenia to the Roman power area. But fell during the Islamic expansion, Armenia (mostly or temporarily ) to the Arabs. To further history see History of Armenia.