Pattie, Susan Paul (1997). Faith in History: Armenians Rebuilding Community. Smithsonian Institution Press. стр. 40. ISBN1560986298. „The Armenian defeat in the Battle of Avarayr in 451 proved a pyrrhic victory for the Persians. Though the Armenians lost their commander, Vartan Mamikonian, and most of their soldiers, Persian losses throughout battles in the 4th to 6th century were proportionately heavy, close to 350,000, and Armenia was allowed to remain Christian.”
Hewsen, Robert H. (17. 8. 2011). „AVARAYR”. Encyclopædia Iranica. „So spirited was the Armenian defense, however, that the Persians suffered enormous losses as well. Their victory was pyrrhic and the king, faced with troubles elsewhere, was forced, at least for the time being, to allow the Armenians to worship as they chose.”CS1 одржавање: Формат датума (веза)