(EN) James R. Russel, Zoroastrianism in Armenia (Harvard Iranian series), Harvard University, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 1987, ISBN 978-0-674-96850-9.
«The Parthian Arsacids who came to the throne of Armenia in the first century A.D. were pious Zoroastrians who invoked Mithra as the lord of covenants, as is proper. An episode which illustrates their observance of the cult is the famous journey of Tiridates to Rome in A.D. 65-66. (...)»