My vote would be a tie between Tigranes who had a very long reign which insured stability and continued cultural development of the Armenian peoples (otherwise we probably would have been absorbed into the Greco – Roman world), and Tiridates the Great who adopted Christianity as the state religion and thus assured the uniqueness of the Armenian nation (otherwise we would’ve probably remained Zoroastrian and then would’ve subsequently gotten absorbed into the Muslim world). Second tier would be Gagik I of the Bagratid period and the building of Ani, and lastly Hethum I of Cilicia who secured Mongol alliance and was a master diplomat during the Crusades.
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Ashot Erkat or „Ashot II the Iron“ was pretty legendary.
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My vote would be a tie between Tigranes who had a very long reign which insured stability and continued cultural development of the Armenian peoples (otherwise we probably would have been absorbed into the Greco – Roman world), and Tiridates the Great who adopted Christianity as the state religion and thus assured the uniqueness of the Armenian nation (otherwise we would’ve probably remained Zoroastrian and then would’ve subsequently gotten absorbed into the Muslim world). Second tier would be Gagik I of the Bagratid period and the building of Ani, and lastly Hethum I of Cilicia who secured Mongol alliance and was a master diplomat during the Crusades.
Ashot Erkat or „Ashot II the Iron“ was pretty legendary.