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Armenia in the Battle of Avarayr in 451AD stands in history as the first major military defense for the faith of Christianity. This remarkable event saw the largely professional force fielded by the Sassanid Persians square off against the largely militia composed army of the Armenians.
Armenia Defends Christianity From Sassanid Emperor Yazdegerd II
Sassanid Emperor Yazdegerd II was a devout follower of Zoroastrianism, and sought to impose that religion to the exclusion of the widely practiced Christianity in Armenia.
As we have so often witnessed in A.D. History, Armenia was often a client state that sat square in the middle of the great power struggles between Roman and Persian authority.
In this particular chapter of Armenian history, we see its people resist when their faith is forcibly placed in peril due to Sassanid dominion.
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