History of the Armenians

...to publish; for all the manuscripts grchagirq and printed books tpagirq of his work available to us until now were not sufficient to satisfy our desires.

The antiquity and authenticity of Agathangelos’ History are attested not only by our nation in general, and by all our historians of later centuries, but even by those who were his own contemporaries, such as Zenob Glak A 4th-century Syrian monk and traditional author of the History of Taron., in the History of Taron, pages 19 and 22. Furthermore, he is cited by those close to him in time, such as Moses of Khoren Movses Khorenatsi, traditionally known as the "Father of Armenian History," likely writing in the 5th century., who in many places calls upon Agathangelos as a witness with great praise in his own historical writings. So too with Ghazar Parpetsi A late 5th-century historian known for his History of the Armenians., who on page 7 calls the volume of Agathangelos "The very beginning of the first books of Armenian History," in which [Agathangelos] began by narrating...