Movses Khorenatsi
5th-century Armenian historian
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Movses Khorenatsi was a prominent Armenian historian from late antiquity and the author of the History of the Armenians. Movses's History of the Armenians was the first attempt at a universal history of Armenia and remains the only known general account of early Armenian history. It traces Armenian history from its origins to the fifth century, during which Movses claimed to have lived. His history had an enormous impact on Armenian historiography and was used and quoted extensively by later medieval Armenian authors. He is called the "father of Armenian history" in Armenian, and is sometimes referred to as the "Armenian Herodotus." Movses's history is also valued for its unique material on the old oral traditions in Armenia before its conversion to Christianity.
