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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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Alanic origin.
During the Roman-Persian War of 421–422, he
ravaged Arzanene and
besieged Nisibis.
After the war ended,
Ardabur was
promoted to the...
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satrapies between the
Tigris and Armenia: Ingilene,
Sophanene (Sophene),
Arzanene (Aghdznik),
Corduene (Carduene), and
Zabdicene (near
modern Hakkâri, Turkey)...
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family prior to him is unknown;
however they had
clearly settled in
Arzanene (Armenian: Aghdznik) as part of the
wider influx of Arab
tribes into Armenia...
- 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...
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Cyzicus in 73–72 BC, and at the
Battle of
Tigranocerta in
Armenian Arzanene in 69 BC. His
command style received unusually favourable attention from...
