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The frontier stones of the Armenian king Artashes I

From the frontier stones of the Armenian king Artashes I (189-160 BC), with which he ordered to delimit the private-community geology, aiming to balance the interests of the Council of Elders, the main taxpayer of the state and the peasantry complementing the army ….. (C)

by Armenians And Armenia

Vigen Avetisyan

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