Ghazar Parpetsi [SEP] date of birth
Ghazar Parpetsi
Ghazar Parpetsi (, ; Ghazar of Parpi, alternatively spelled as Lazar Parpetsi and Łazar Parpetsi) was a 5th to 6th century Armenian chronicler and historian. He had close ties with the powerful Mamikonian noble family and is most prominent for writing a history of Armenia, "History of Armenia", sometime in the early sixth century.
Life.
Ghazar was born in the village of Parpi (near the town of Ashtarak in Armenia, then under Sasanian rule), and was raised by a princess of
Khosrov IV of Armenia
Khosrov IV (), was a Prince who served as a Sassanid King of Arsacid Armenia, which flourished during the second half of the 4th century & first half of the 5th century, from 387 until 389.
Origins.
The exact origins of Khosrov IV are unknown. The Armenian Historians of the 5th century, Faustus of Byzantium and Moses of Chorene, present Khosrov IV as a prince from the Arsacid dynasty, without mentioning his parentage. According to another Armenian Historian Ghazar Parpetsi who lived