Illustrated Armenia and the Armenians . atdivine faith, committed to their care by King Jesus, enteredtheir rest, after having seen the prosperous condition of thechurch, and were succeeded by their sons. However, thepower of Armenia was unequal to the conflicting forces oneither side, though the descendants of Tiridates held the scep-tre of Armenia nearly a century longer, but in a very enervatedstate. Nevertheless the church of Armenia made a decidedadvance within this period. The rivalry between Rome and Persia grew fiercer thanever with the introduction of Christianity, for new religiousha
Illustrated Armenia and the Armenians . atdivine faith, committed to their care by King Jesus, enteredtheir rest, after having seen the prosperous condition of thechurch, and were succeeded by their sons. However, thepower of Armenia was unequal to the conflicting forces oneither side, though the descendants of Tiridates held the scep-tre of Armenia nearly a century longer, but in a very enervatedstate. Nevertheless the church of Armenia made a decidedadvance within this period. The rivalry between Rome and Persia grew fiercer thanever with the introduction of Christianity, for new religioushate was added to political ambition; and on the side of Per-sia the Armenian difhculties were doubled, for a considerablepart of the Armenians were still Zoroastrians, and sympathizedwith the Persians against their own government, while manyof the Persians had become Christian, and opposed theirPagan rulers. Thus the Persians felt that they had a civilwar on their hands as well as foreign wars, and persecutedtheir Christians horribly. /. y DERTAD. AND THE ARMENIANS. Ill On the other hand, they had the hold of the Pagan partof the Armenians in invading or controUing that state; stillagain, the Armenian Christians now favored the Romansmuch more strongly than they had before, because Rome wasnow Christian; while on top of all were the great barons,almost independent of the nominal Kings, and who favoredneither party, but wanted their feudal independence. Yet the Roman control of the Kingship for what it wasworth, lasted without a break for over half a century afterthe victory of Christianity, and over three-quarters of a cen-tury from the accession of Tiridates; which was due largelyto the great ability of the Roman Emperors, Diocletian andConstantine, and the excellent administration and militaryorganization they left, which saved the eastern provinces fromPersia for over a quarter of a century after Constantines II. of Persia, won many victories, but he could notho
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