12 Facts About Lesser Armenia

Lesser Armenia, known as Armenia Minor and Armenia Inferior, comprised the Armenian–populated regions primarily to the west and northwest of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia.

Lesser Armenia was the portion of historic Armenia and the Armenian Highlands lying west and northwest of the river Euphrates.

Lesser Armenia was a disputed kingdom between Rome and Parthia during the Roman–Persian Wars from 66 BC to the 2nd century AD.

All of Lesser Armenia became a Roman province in AD 114 under Roman emperor Trajan, but Roman Lesser Armenia was after abandoned by the legions in 118 AD and became a vassal kingdom.

Lesser Armenia was generally incorporated by Trajan, together with Miletene and Cataonia, into the province of Cappadocia.

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Lesser Armenia consisted of five districts: Orbalisene in the North; below that Aetulane; Aeretice; then Orsene; and finally Orbesine, the most southern.

The more southern districts appended to Lesser Armenia were Miletene, so called from its capital and the following four small districts of ancient Cataonia, namely, Aravene; Lavinianesine or Lavianesine; Cataonia, in the more restricted sense, or the country close upon Cilicia surrounded by mountains; finally, Muriane or Murianune, between Cataonia and Melitene, called likewise Bagadoania.

Lesser Armenia was reunited with the kingdom of Greater Armenia under the Arshakuni king Tiridates III in AD 287 until the temporary conquest of Shapur II in 337.

Borders of the Byzantine part of Lesser Armenia were expanded in 591 into Persarmenia, but the region was the focus of decades of warfare between the Byzantines and the Persians until the Arab conquest of Lesser Armenia in 639.

Between the 11th and 14th centuries the term Lesser Armenia was applied to the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, until the formation of Turkey in 1923.

Ancient episcopal sees of the Roman province of Lesser Armenia Prima listed in the Annuario Pontificio as titular sees:.

Ancient episcopal sees of the Roman province of Lesser Armenia Secunda listed in the Annuario Pontificio as titular sees:.