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Arsamosata (Middle Persian: *Aršāmšād, Old Persian: *Ṛšāma-šiyāti-,
Ancient Gr****: Ἀρσαμόσατα, Armenian: Արշամաշատ, romanized: Aršamašat) was an ancient...
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Euphrates almost unopposed. The
Byzantines took the
towns of
Sozopetra and
Arsamosata,
ravaged and
plundered the countryside,
extracted ransom from several...
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personally led
armies into
Mesopotamia in 837,
capturing Melitene and
Arsamosata with a m****ive army
numbering 70,000.
Further battles and
attacks would...
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plains region stretching from modern-day Elazığ to the
ancient city of
Arsamosata. Now
called Altınova, or "golden plain", this is a
fertile and well-watered...
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towards Mesopotamia and
captured Melitene,
Arsamosata and Samosata. The
Emperor also took and destro**** Sozopetra,
which some...
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nearby villages as well as the city of
Arsamosata further east. By the late 11th century,
Harput had
eclipsed Arsamosata to
become the main
settlement in the...
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Tyriaeum Vasada Verinopolis Zeita Zizima Eastern Anatolia Altıntepe Ani
Arsamosata Cafer Höyük
Camachus Citharizum Dadima Justinianopolis Melid Sugunia Theodosiopolis...
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refuge in
Armenian territory governed by King Arsames,
founder of the city
Arsamosata.
Towards the end of 212 BC the
country was
divided into two kingdoms,...
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listed with
eight suffragan bishoprics (Martyropolis, Iggilon, Bolebtina,
Arsamosata, Beth Sophanaia, Qidarizon,
Hesen Kepha, Zugmatos)
while the see of Dara...
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campaign to the
region of the
upper Euphrates,
sacking the
cities of
Arsamosata and
Sozopetra –
which some
sources claim as
Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim's...
