Ալեքսանդր Մակեդոնացին և Հայաստանը

Abstract

The question whether Alexander of Macedon conquered Armenia or not caused various disagreements in academic literature. According to researchers at the Battle of Gaugamela Orontes one of the commanders of Armenian troops struggled for the preservation of the independence of Armenia during and after the reign of Alexander of Macedon. Armenia wasn’t conquered by Alexander of Macedon himself, that is to say, Armenia couldn’t be considered a «country conquered by the spear». But Armenia was subjected to Macedonian Conqueror, whose power over Armenia had never been strong and was limited to the southern territory of Armenia.