It was occupied by Capadocian legions under the Roman general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, who razed it to the ground in 59 AD as part of the first, short-lived, Roman conquest of Armenia.
Gnaeus Pompeius | Gnaeus Servilius Caepio | Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo | Gnaeus Octavius | Gnaeus Naevius | Gnaeus Julius Agricola | Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus | Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus | Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina | Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus | Gnaeus Arrius Antoninus | Domitius Marsus | Domitius |
From 54 AD to 68 AD the Sixth Legion Ferrata served under Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo at Artaxata and Tigranocerta against the Parthians.