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Arzanene (Gr****: Ἀρζανηνή) or
Aghdznik (Armenian: Աղձնիք, romanized: Ałjnikʻ) was a
historical region in the
southwest of the
ancient kingdom of Armenia...
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either near present-day Silvan,
Arzan (Arzn, in the
Armenian province of
Arzanene or Aghdznik), east of Diyarbakır, Turkey, or in the
valley of the Garzan...
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modern scholars, in Late
Antiquity it was the
capital of the
district of
Arzanene, a
Syriac bishopric and a
Sasanian Persian border fortress in the Roman–Persian...
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territory of
Kingdom of
Armenia and
later Sasanian Armenia,
located east of
Arzanene from
south of Lake Van to
north of
Bohtan river. The
territory was ruled...
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satrapies between the
Tigris and Armenia: Ingilene,
Sophanene (Sophene),
Arzanene (Aghdznik), Corduene, and
Zabdicene (near
modern Hakkâri, Turkey). The...
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satrapies between the
Tigris and Armenia: Ingilene,
Sophanene (Sophene),
Arzanene (Aghdznik),
Corduene (Carduene), and
Zabdicene (near
modern Hakkâri, Turkey)...
- Romans. This
included the
former Armenian provinces of Corduene, Zabdicene,
Arzanene and
Moxoene as well as
Nisibis and Singara. It was
restored in 363 after...
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Meruzhan helped Shapur's army
capture Tigranocerta and raid the
districts of
Arzanene, Ingilene, Mzur in
Upper Armenia,
Sophene and Acilisene,
where they captured...
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raised a
rebellion to take the throne. In the southwest, the
bdeashkh of
Arzanene Bakur revolted against the
Arsacid monarchy with the
support of the Sasanian...
- Persia. For a time the town
became the
capital of the
Roman province of
Arzanene,
although Nisibis was the
headquarters of the Dux Mesopotamiae. Constantius...
