History of Armenia, by Father Michael Chamich; from B. C. 2247 to ...

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HISTORY OF ARMENIA.
testifv his 'ohlications to this individual, the
king invested him with the rank and power
of an Armenian generah On Artavazd ihe
M-andakunian, who had saved him from the
bh)odv hands of Artashir, he also bestowed
great honours, making him generalissimo of tlie
Armenian arrnv.
Tachat, whom we mentioned
in th- preceding chapter as having saved from
death, and married the sister of Artavazd, he
appointed g )vcrnor of the province of Ashoz.
Tiridates then visited the j);o^ince of Ekeliaz,
in which was a tem;>le of the goddess Anahitts,
to whom he offered sacrifices.
Having invited
Giegory to join him in his idolatry, the latter
refused, upon which the king tortured him, in
twelve different modes.
At length coming to the
knowledge of his being the son of Anak, the
murderer of his father, he ordered him to be
taken to t!ie fortress of Artashat and thrown
into a deep dungeon, where he remained fourteen
years, being supported all that time,
through the mercy of the Lord, by the
charity
A. D. 287. of a pious christian woman. After this, Tiridates
collected troops from Armenia, and joining them
with the Roman army which had accompanied
him on his restoration to his kingdom, marched
to reduce those Armenian cities that were yet
under the controul of the Persians. He captured
them, alter having three times overthrown