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A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Fig. 67. — Fa(;a(le at Sarbistan. (AfterFlandin and Coste.) Fig. 68. — Silver coin of andhis father Papak. (.After Thomas.) Chosroes of Armenia endeavored to unite in one common scheme ofdefence all the princes who were as yet unsubdued; but he was as-sassinated, while hunting, by Anak, an Arsacid, who had been promisedthe city of Bactra. Nevertheless, the latter, after he had accomplishedthe crime, w as taken prisoner, and put to death with his whole family,save one son, who was brought up in Ca
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Fig. 67. — Fa(;a(le at Sarbistan. (AfterFlandin and Coste.) Fig. 68. — Silver coin of andhis father Papak. (.After Thomas.) Chosroes of Armenia endeavored to unite in one common scheme ofdefence all the princes who were as yet unsubdued; but he was as-sassinated, while hunting, by Anak, an Arsacid, who had been promisedthe city of Bactra. Nevertheless, the latter, after he had accomplishedthe crime, w as taken prisoner, and put to death with his whole family,save one son, who was brought up in Caesarea in the Christian faithand afterwards, under the title of Gregory the Enlightener, convertedArmenia. His descendants were patriarchs of Armenia and enemiesof the Sassanians. The subjugation of Armenia by Ardashir is im-mortalized in a sculptured relief at Salmas, northwest of the Lake ofUrumiah ; in this two iVrmenians stand near Ardashir and his sonSap(U, who are on horseback. We possess a silver coin witli Ardashir represented on one side,and his father, Papak, on the oth
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