Battle of Avarayr
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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 battl
A 15th-century Armenian miniature depicting the battle
Memorial to the Battle of Avarayr in Gyumri, Armenia
Elishe
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Elishe was an Armenian historian from the time of late antiquity, best known as the author of History of Vardan and the Armenian War, a history of the fifth-century Armenian revolt led by Vardan Mamik
A relief of Yeghishe at the Armenian Cathedral of Moscow.
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