Dvin (aka Duin), located 40 km south of modern Yerevan, was the capital of early medieval Armenia for four centuries. Founded in the 4th century CE, the city prospered and became the administrative head of the Armenian church. Remaining the capital under the rule of the Arab Umayyad Caliphate from the mid-7th century CE, Dvin would ultimately be replaced, first by Partav in 789 CE and then Ani in 961 CE as Armenia's first city.
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c. 330 CE - c. 338 CEArmenian king Khosrov III founds the city of Dvin.
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506 CEFirst Council of Dvin establishes that the Armenian Church did not recognize the Fourth Ecumenical Council.
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c. 554 CEThe Council of Dvin declares the Armenian Church's adherence to the doctrine of monophysitism.
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623 CEThe Byzantine emperor Heraclius attacks the Armenian capital of Dvin.
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Oct 640 CEA Muslim Arab force attacks and captures the Armenian capital of Dvin.
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642 CEByzantine emperor Constans II attacks the Armenian capital of Dvin.
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789 CEPartav replaces Dvin as the capital of Armenia.
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892 CEA huge earthquake destroys much of Dvin, the Armenian capital.
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1236 CEDvin, the former capital of Armenia, is destroyed during the Mongol invasion and definitively abandoned.
