 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 69 BC Lucullus akapinda muArmenia. Akatanga kukomba guta guru idzva reumambo hweArmenia reTigranocerta mudunhu reArzenene. Tigranes akadzoka achibva kunotsvaira kumukira kwevaSeleucid muSyria aine uto rine ruzivo urwo Lucullus zvakadaro akaparadza muHondo yeTigranocerta. Hondo iyi yakarwiwa musi mumwe chete pre-Julian wekarenda senjodzi yeRoma paArausioMakore 36 apfuura, zuva risati rasvika Nones yaOctober maererano nokuverenga nguva kana kuti October 6, iyo iri Julian October 16, 69 BC. Tigranes akaenda kunzvimbo dzokuchamhembe dzoumambo hwake kuti aunganidze rimwe uto uye adzivirire guta rake guru reArtaxata, nepo Lucullus akaenda kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kuumambo hweCorduene pamiganhu yeumambo hweArmenian neParthia. Munguva yechando ya6968 BC mativi ese akavhura nhaurirano namambo weParthia, Arsaces XVI, uyo panguva iyoyo aive achizvidzivirira pakurwiswa kukuru nemukwikwidzi wake Phraates III achibva kuBactria nekumabvazuva kure. 