Ghazar Parpetsi

Ghazar Parpetsi

Ghazar Parpetsi (Armenian: Ղազար Փարպեցի; Łazar Pʻarpecʻi) was a fifth-to-sixth-century Armenian historian. He had close ties with the powerful Mamikonian noble family and is most prominent for writing a history of Armenia in the last years of the fifth century or at the beginning of the sixth century. The history covers events from 387 to 485, starting with the partition of Armenia between the Byzantine and Sasanian empires and ending with the appointment of Vahan Mamikonian (Ghazar's friend and patron) as marzpan (governor) of Sasanian-ruled Armenia. It is the main source for Armenian history in the fifth century and is one of the two main accounts, along with that of Elishe, of the Armenian rebellion of 449–451 led by Vardan Mamikonian. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ghazar Parpetsi is the 328th most popular historian (down from 224th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Armenia (down from 38th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Armenian Historian.