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Cyrrhestica (Gr****: Κυρρηστική) is a
district of
Greater Syria which appears to have owed its name to the ****enistic era of the country. It lies to the...
- 688889°E / 36.394722; 36.688889 The
Battle of
Mount Gindarus or
battle of
Cyrrhestica in 38 BC was a
decisive victory for the
Roman general Publius Ventidius...
- B****us
defeats Pacorus, at the
crossing of the
Euphrates in the
Battle of
Cyrrhestica.
Ventidius lays
siege to
Antiochus I of
Commagene in
Samosata until relieved...
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James of
Cyrrhestica was a 4th-century monk who
lived in the
Cyrrhestica region of Syria, as
attested by
Theodoret of
Cyrus in his “Religious History”...
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Reign c. 39 BC
Predecessor Orodes II
Successor Orodes II Died 38 BC
Cyrrhestica Spouses Sister of
Artavasdes II
Dynasty Arsacid dynasty Father Orodes...
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likely to
refer to Cyrrhus, also
called Hagioupolis, the
capital of
Cyrrhestica, in
upper Syria.
Their numbers were
swelled by
thousands of
runaway slaves...
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proceeded to the town of
Gindarus in
Cyrrhestica where Ventidius' army was waiting. At the
Battle of
Cyrrhestica,
Ventidius inflicted an overwhelming...
- The
reverse of a coin from
Cyrrhestica depicts Atargatis riding a lion,
wearing a
mural crown, and
holding a sceptre....
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cities of
Larissa (modern Shaizar),
Arethusa (Al-Rastan), and
Hierapolis Cyrrhestica (Manbij)." However, "after
learning Antony's
plans [to keep his baggage...
- was po****rly and
traditionally considered to
belong to the
region of
Cyrrhestica;
Strabo says it had been ****igned to
Commagene by Pompey. The limestone...
