What the records say
- When
- 27 May 451
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.34° N, 45.06° E
- Description
- 451 battle
Battle of Avarayr
Battle between Christian Armenians and the Sasanian Empire (451 CE)
The Battle of Avarayr was fought on 26 May 451 on the Avarayr Plain in Vaspurakan between a Christian Armenian army under Vardan Mamikonian and Sassanid Persia. It is considered one of the first battles in defense of the Christian faith. Although the Persians were victorious on the battlefield, it was a pyrrhic victory. The Armenians were allowed to continue practising Christianity freely.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Vartanantz: King Yazdegerd II defeats the Armenian army (66,000 men) under their rebel leader Vartan Mamikonian on the Avarayr Plain (Armenia)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “König Yazdegerd II. von Persien besiegt die armenische Armee in der Schlacht von Avarayr im heutigen West-Aserbaidschan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “26 mai ou 2 juin : les Arméniens révoltés sont vaincus par la Perse lors de la bataille d'Avarayr”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва на Аварайрском поле, закончившаяся победой сасанидской армии и гибелью Вардана Мамиконяна, предводителя восставших”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ocurre la batalla Batalla de Avarayr entre el Reino de Armenia y el Imperio sasánida La batalla fue un conflicto entre los armenios cristianos y los persas…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نبرد وارتانانتس: پادشاه یزدگرد دوم ارتش ارمنیها (۶۶۰۰۰ نفر) را به رهبری رهبر شورشیشان وارتان مامیکونیان در دشت آوارایر (ارمنستان) شکست میدهد”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page