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Antony seizes Artavasdes of Armenia after the Parthian failure

In 34 BCE Antony seized Artavasdes II of Armenia and later displayed him in Alexandria. In the causal graph this event weakens Humanitarian Access, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — an improving welfare path.

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In 34 BCE Antony seized Artavasdes II of Armenia and later displayed him in Alexandria. The dated royal capture is not the 36 Parthian retreat and not the Donations as a territorial grant-speech. Mark Antony’s documented role is: He captured the Armenian king Artavasdes II and displayed him in Alexandria. Parthian disaster had already happened; this is the Armenian sequel. Capture of an ally-king is a later instrument. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear. Mark Antony's documented role is: He captured the Armenian king Artavasdes II and displayed him in Alexandria.

Context

A blamed ally, a need for a success after Media, and a later Alexandrian triumph-like show already structure the file. A captured king is not unique authorship of Armenian kingship. Named others on the file: Artavasdes II, Armenian nobles, and the Alexandrian court as display-audience share the heading. The public setting is the file around -0034-01-01. The instrument stays Antony seizes Artavasdes of Armenia after the Parthian failure. The setting of Antony seizes Artavasdes of Armenia after the Parthian failure is the public file around -0034-01-01. Driver humanitarian-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of Antony seizes Artavasdes of Armenia after the Parthian failure. Naming Mark Antony does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from -0034-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Why it matters

Complex received narrative. Welfare reading worsening. Lag to any modern indicator is not treated as zero. This path is attached because the mechanism is named from this act, not because a driver list needed coverage. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Mark Antony

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    He captured the Armenian king Artavasdes II and displayed him in Alexandria. Parthian disaster had already happened; this is the Armenian sequel.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

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Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Mark AntonyEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Perseus — Plutarch, AntonyPerseus Digital Library / Tufts · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica and Plutarch independently date the seizure of Artavasdes as distinct from the 36 Parthian failure. Official: Britannica — Mark Antony, Armenia and Artavasdes (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mark-Antony-Roman-triumvir (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent: Perseus — Plutarch, Antony, Artavasdes (https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0007 (opens in a new tab); Perseus Digital Library). The two URLs are different pages. Where the carrier is a later edition or a received narrative, that limit is stated rather than upgraded to an autograph. Official carrier: Britannica — Mark Antony, Armenia and Artavasdes (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mark-Antony-Roman-triumvir (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Perseus — Plutarch, Antony, Artavasdes (https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0007 (opens in a new tab); Perseus Digital Library).

Established: 34 seizure of Artavasdes. Not established: that 36 and 34 are one campaign. Established: a sourced public record of Antony seizes Artavasdes of Armenia after the Parthian failure under -0034-01-01.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Antony seizes Artavasdes of Armenia after the Parthian failure are separate paths.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorMark Antony
  2. contributed toFactAntony seizes Artavasdes of Armenia after the Parthian failure
  3. weakensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). Antony seizes Artavasdes of Armenia after the Parthian failure. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ant-artavasdes-34

https://factrail.ai/facts/ant-artavasdes-34

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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