378. After Gregory the Illuminator's spreading of Christianity in Armenia, Tiridates accepted Christianity and made it his kingdom's official religion. var cimg = 107;var cwi =170;var che =20; Ervanduni The period of turmoil ends in AD 66, when Tiridates I of Armenia was crowned king of Armenia by Nero. Like the First legion, the Armenian Second Legion was one of the later-period Roman imperial legions. Surrey: Routledge. was king of Armenia from 928 to 953. After persecutions by kings Sanatruk, Axidares, Khosrov I, and Tiridates III, Christianity was adopted as the state religion by Tiridates III after he was converted by Gregory the Illuminator. 65–66. Tigranes II ‘the Great’. if(MSFPhover) { MSFPnav16n=MSFPpreload("_derived/Karabakh-Artsakh.htm_cmp_Profile110_vbtn.gif"); MSFPnav16h=MSFPpreload("_derived/Karabakh-Artsakh.htm_cmp_Profile110_vbtn_a.gif"); } Genealogy for Meherdates Arshakuni King of Armenia (of Armenia), King of Armenia (c.45 - c.74) family tree on Geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors … (Orontid) Dynasty - Kings and Satraps. // --> ,