What is Byzantine Armenia?
'''Byzantine Armenia''', sometimes known as '''[[Western Armenia]]''',<ref>{{cite book|last=Rivoira|first=Giovanni Teresio|title=Moslem Architecture: Its Origins and Development|year=1918|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924015672557/page/n211 188]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Armenian Review, Volume 3|year=1950|publisher=[[Hairenik Association]]|location=Boston|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=YyYiAQAAIAAJ&q=%22western+Armenia%22 25]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Baumstark|first=Anton|title=On the Historical Development of the Liturgy|year=2011|publisher=Liturgical Press|location=Collegeville, Minnesota|isbn=9780814660966|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=zpz7U8b8vxMC&pg=PA102 102]}}</ref> is the name given to parts of the [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Kingdom of Armenia]] that became part of the [[Byzantine Empire]] (eastern [[Roman Empire]]). The size of the area changed multiple times through the course of history. The Byzantine and [[Sassanid Empire]]s divided Armenia in 387 and 428 AD. Western Armenia was part of Byzantine rule, whilst [[Persian Armenia|Eastern Armenia]] (Persianized Armenia) was part of the Sassanids. Even after the Bagratid Armenian Kingdom was created, parts of historic Armenia and Armenian-inhabited areas were still under Byzantine rule. ==References== <references/> {{Armenia topics}} [[Category:History of Armenia]]