Mushure mekurongwa patsva kwehurumende yePezhiya, Armenia yakashandurwa kuita maSatrapia akati wandei. MaSatrapia eArmenia aigara achiroora nemhuri yeMambo weMadzimambo. MaSatrapia aya akapa mapoka ekupinda kwaXerxes kuGirisi muna 480 BC. Herodotus anoti maArmenia muuto raXerxes "vakanga vakashongedzerwa seVaFrygians". Muna 401 BC Xenophon akafamba achipfuura neArmenia neuto guru revarwi vechiGreek sechikamu cheMarch of the Ten Thousand.
"vakanga vakashongedzerwa sezvinoita vaFrijiya.