 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 pazuva rimwechete pre-Julian rekarenda senjodzi yeRoma paArausio makore makumi matatu nematanhatu apfuura, zuva risati rasvika Nones yaGumiguru maererano nekuverenga kwenguva kana Gumiguru 6, inova Julian Gumiguru 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. 