Place:Altzniq, Armenia

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NameAltzniq
TypeHistoric Region
Located inArmenia


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Arzanene, in Armenian Aghdznik or Altzniq ( Ałjnikʿ), was a historical region in the southwest of the ancient kingdom of Armenia. It covered an area of .[1]

It is generally agreed the Greek/Roman name of Arzanene is derived from the city of Arzan. It has been proposed that the name stems from the word Alzi, which appears in Urartian and Neo-Assyrian writings.

Under the independent Armenian Kingdom (2nd century BC – 4th century AD), Arzanene was divided into 11 cantons with their main town-castles:

  • Nprkert: Tigranakert
  • Aghdzen: Arzan
  • Angeghtun: Angegh
  • Ketik
  • Tatik
  • Kagh: Keghimar
  • Aznvats Dzor: Khoghts
  • Yerkhetk
  • Gzekh: Gzekh
  • Salno Dzor: Salnodzor
  • Sanasunk (Sasun): Sanasun

Arzanene had a warm climate, and was famous for its rivers and springs, as well as its iron and lead mines. Cattle-breeding, grape cultivation and wine making were well-developed. Arzanene was the domain of one of the four bdeashkhs of Armenia, the highest ranking nobles below the king who ruled over the kingdom's border regions.[1] In 298 AD, part of Arzanene was conquered by the Roman Empire, while the 387 Peace of Acilisene gave the rest of the region, except for the Aghdzn district, to the Romans as well. By 591, all of Arzanene had been annexed by the Byzantine Empire. In the place of destroyed Tigranakert, the Romans built a new city named Martyropolis or Nprkert. During the Arab conquest of Armenia, many Arab tribes settled in Arzanene. The Armenian population remained in the mountainous parts until the Armenian genocide in 1915.

Arzanene was later a small Arab emirate under the Zurarid dynasty in the 9th century. In the 10th century the area fell under Hamdanid control. Hamdum, an Arab chief, conquered Arzanene and Amid around 962. In 963 a sister of Hamdum whose name is not given in the original sources, governed the region for ten years. After that Arzanene was part of the Bagratuni Kingdom of Armenia. After 1045 it fell successively under Byzantine, Seljuk, Mongol and Ottoman Turkish control. For many years Sasun fought the Turks; well known battles are the Sasun Resistance (1894) and Sasun resistance 1915.

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