Bayan sake fasalin mulkin daular Farisa, an canza Armenia zuwa satrapies da yawa. Armenian satraps a kai a kai sun yi aure tare da dangin Sarkin Sarakuna. Wadannan satraps sun ba da gudummawa ga mamayewar Xerxes na Girka a cikin 480 BC. Herodotus ya ce Armeniya a cikin sojojin Xerxes "sun kasance masu dauke da makamai kamar Phrygians". A cikin 401 BC Xenophon ya yi tafiya ta Armenia tare da babban rundunar sojojin soja na Girka a matsayin wani ɓangare na Maris na Dubu Goma. Xenophon ya ambaci mutane biyu da sunan Orontes, a fili duka Farisa.
"suna da makamai kamar Phrygians.