Commagene

Commagene was a state in Anatolia (Middle East) that lasted from 163 BCE to 72 CE, about 234 years. Its people spoke Iranian languages (Median, Persian, Parthian, Scythian, Sogdian, Pashto, Kurdish).

Small Orontid kingdom on the upper Euphrates. Antiochus I built the mountaintop shrine of Nemrut Dağ with giant heads of mixed Greek and Persian gods. Vespasian annexed it in 72 CE.

See Commagene on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

163 BCE to 72 CE

Duration

234 years

Type

State

Region

Anatolia, Middle East

Language family

Iranian

Capital

Samosata

Events in Middle East during its time

• 53 BCE Battle of Carrhae
• 30 Crucifixion of Jesus
• 70 Romans destroy the Second Temple

Neighbours in Middle East

• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE
• Kingdom of Saba c. 1000 BCE to 275 CE
• Greek cities of Asia Minor c. 1050 to 129 BCE
• Kingdom of Iberia (Kartli) c. 302 BCE to 580 CE
• Himyarite Kingdom c. 110 BCE to 525 CE
• Roman Anatolia 133 BCE to 395 CE
• Roman Syria and Judaea 64 BCE to 395 CE
• Arsacid Armenia 52 to 428 CE
• Palmyra c. 50 BCE to 273 CE
• Nabataean Kingdom c. 168 BCE to 106 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE, Europe
• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE, South Asia
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia
• Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 to 30 BCE, North and West Africa
• Western Han 202 BCE to 9 CE, East Asia
• Eastern Han 25 to 220 CE, East Asia

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