Tiridates III of Armenia Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Early childhood== Tiridates III was the son of [[Khosrov II of Armenia]], the latter being assassinated in 252 by a [[Parthia]]n agent named [[Anak the Parthian|Anak]] under orders from [[Ardashir I]]. Tiridates had at least one sibling, a sister called [[Khosrovidukht (sister of Tiridates III of Armenia)|Khosrovidukht]] and was the namesake of his paternal grandfather, [[Tiridates II of Armenia]]. [[Anak the Parthian|Anak]] was captured and executed along with most of his family, while his son, [[Gregory the Illuminator]], was sheltered in Caesaria, in [[Cappadocia]]. As the only surviving heir to the throne, Tiridates was quickly taken away to [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] soon after his father's assassination while still an infant. He was educated in Rome and was skilled in languages and military tactics;{{Sfn|Grigoryan|1987}}{{Sfn|Movses Khorenatsʻi|1997|loc=2.79}} in addition he firmly understood and appreciated [[Roman law]]. The Armenian historian [[Movses Khorenatsi]] describes him as a strong and brave warrior, who participated in combat against his enemies, and personally led his army to victory in many battles. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page