Mamikonian family

Armenian military leader and saint

Mamikonian or Mamikonean () was an Armenian aristocratic dynasty which dominated Armenia between the 4th and 8th centuries—through the late antique kingdom, Sasanian, Byzantine, and Arab dominations. They were the most notable noble house in early Christian Armenia after the ruling Arsacids and held the hereditary positions of (supreme commander of the army) and (royal tutor), allowing them to play the role of kingmaker for the later Armenian kings. They ruled over extensive territories, including the Armenian regions of Tayk, Taron, Sasun, and Bagrevand, among others. The Mamikonians had a re

Shushanik (; ; 440 – 475), also known as Shushanika or Vardandukht, was a Christian Armenian woman who was tortured to death by her husband Varsken in the town of Tsurtavi, Georgia. Since she died defending her right to profess Christianity, she is regarded as a martyr. Her martyrdom is described in her confessor Jacob’s hagiographic work, the oldest extant work of Georgian language literature. The hagiography details Shushanik's extensive resistance to imprisonment, isolation, torture and cruelty.

Armenian rebel

Armenian noble

prince of Armenia

Armenian nobleman from the Mamikonian family

Sparapet of Great Armenia (378-385)

killed fighting alongside the Persians at the Battle of Qadisiyya in 636

Armenian writer

Armenian noble

ishkhan of Armenia in 748–753, killed at the Battle of Bagrevand in 775

Armenian sparapet for King Arsaces II

Sparapet of Great Armenia (310-338)