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Bagaran (ancient city)
40.2017° N, 43.6547° E
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Bagaran (Armenian: Բագարան) was a city in ancient Armenia founded during the reign of the Orontid dynasty. It is one of the historical capitals of ancient Armenia.
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Artashat established; monuments moved
176 BC
Founding by Orontes IV
3rd century BC
Church of Saint Theodore constructed
624–631
Capital moved to Shirakavan
890
Bagaran as a Bagratid capital
895
Byzantine invasion
1045
Seljuk attack
1064
Zakarid rule
1211
Mongol invasion
1236
Destruction by Tamerlane
1394
Territories captured in Turkish–Armenian War
1920
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