Theodoros Rshtuni (Armenian: Թեոդորոս Ռշտունի) (590 - 655) was a nakharar, ishkhan and kouropalates of Armenia, famous for resisting the first Arab invasions of Armenia. The Armenian language (hy հայերեն լեզու hajɛɹɛn lɛzu —, conventional short form) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian Events By Place Byzantine Empire Summer - Maurice agrees to Khosrau's entreaties and agrees to restart the war with Persia Events By Place Europe November 15 — Northumbrian king Oswiu defeats Mercian king Penda in the Nakharar (Նախարար plural Armenian Nakhararq Նախարարք meaning first born) was a hereditary title of the highest order for the ancient and medieval Armenian Nikoghayos Poghos Mikaelian (1881-1915 also known as " Ishkhan " was an active leader of the Armenian self-defensive movement
Rshtuni was appointed as ishkhan and kouropalates of Byzantine Armenia by Emperor Heraclius when the previous ishkan David Saharuni was overthrown by other nakharars. Heraclius, or Herakleios (Flavius Heraclius Augustus;) (c 575 - February 11, 641) was a Byzantine Emperor, who ruled the East David Saharuni was Sparapet, Kouropalates and Ishkhan of Byzantine controlled Armenia from 635 to 638. [1] He defended, alongside the Byzantine General Procopius, against the first, unsuccessful, Arab attack into Armenia in 640. He was unable to prevent the Arabs from pillaging the capital of Dvin in 642. For the modern town see Dvin (town. Dvin (Դվին Δουσιος Τισιον was a large commercial city the capital of Early medieval He gained a victory over the Arabs, for which he was named sparapet (commander-in-chief) of the Armenian army by Constans II in 643. Sparapet ( Armenian: Սպարապետ) was a hereditary military rank used in ancient and medieval Armenia such as the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Constans II ( Greek: Κώνστας Β' Kōnstas II) also called "Constantine the Bearded" ( Kōnstantinos Pogonatos) ( November 7 [2] Constans paid special attention to his family's imperiled homeland of Armenia, and he favored Byzantine generals of Armenian extraction to halt Arab advances. [3] Meanwhile, the strength of Arab assaults continued to increase. Theodore eventually concluded a truce with then governor of Syria, Muawiyah I in 651, and Arabs concentrated their efforts against the remaining pockets of resistance in the Sassanid Empire. Mu'awiyah I (a=معاوية بن أبي سفيان|t=Mu‘āwīyah ibn Abī Sufyān 602-680 was a Sahaba (companion of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad The Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty or Sassanian Dynasty (ساسانیان) is the name used for the third Iranian dynasty and the second Persian empire Finally, by 652 Rshtuni, despairing of further resistance, accepted Muawiyah's suzerainty and became an ostikan. Ostikan was (and is? the title of various oriental provincial Governors. [3] In response, Constans personally marshaled his forces and led them to Armenia despite a growing plot against him in Constantinople, ironically by the Armenian commander of the Army of Thrace. Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis, or gr ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, Latin: la CONSTANTINOPOLIS Thrace (Тракия Trakiya or "Trakija" or Trakia, Θράκη Thráki, Trakya is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe Constans secured Armenia and deposed Theodoros, who took refuge on the island of Akhtamar. Akdamar Island (also known as Aghtamar, Ahktamar, and Aght'amar; Akdamar Adası Armenian: Աղթամար Kurdish: Aghtamar A Byzantine commander named Maurianus was given the task to defend the Armenian frontier. [3] In 654 Maurianus was driven out of Armenia into the Caucasus and Theodoros was restored. The Caucasus ( also referred to as North Caucasus) is a geopolitical region located between Europe Asia & Middle East Deciding that Theodoros was untrustworthy, the Arabs sent him to Damascus, where he died in captivity the following year. Damascus ( دمشق,, also commonly known as الشام ash-Shām) is the capital and largest city of Syria. He was replaced as ostikan with another prince, Hamazasp Mamikonian. Mamikonian or Mamikoneans (Մամիկոնյան was a noble family which dominated Armenian politics between the 4th and 8th century His body was brought to his home district of Rshtuniq, and he was buried in the tomb of his forefathers. Rechtuniq was a region of the old Armenia c 400 &ndash 800, in Vaspurakan, East of Antzevasiq.
References
- ^ Mark Whittow, "The Making of Byzantium, 600-1025", University of California Press, 1996, p. 209
- ^ Britannica: The Mamikonians and Bagratids
- ^ a b c Warren Treadgold, "Two Fights for Survival: 610-668," Chapter 9, A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford University Press, 1997, pp. 287-322
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