- rule back from S****anid Persia. For this
reason Tigranakert was
renamed Martyropolis (Μαρτυρούπολις), "city of the martyrs."
Following the
reforms of Justinian...
- The
Battle of
Martyropolis was
fought in
summer 588 near
Martyropolis between an East
Roman (Byzantine) and a S****anid
Persian army, and
resulted in a...
- A
siege of
Martyropolis occurred in the
Autumn of 531
during the
Iberian War
between the
Sasanian Empire under Kavadh I and the
Byzantine Empire under...
-
Maruthas or
Marutha of
Martyropolis was a
Syriac monk who
became bishop of
Maypherkat in
Mesopotamia (Meiafarakin) for a
period beginning before 399 up...
-
renamed Martyropolis In 1932, it was
promoted to
titular archdiocese, and had
three notable in****bents:
Titular archbishops of
Martyropolis (Chaldean)...
- thus
starting the
Anastasian War.
Kavad first seized Theodosiopolis and
Martyropolis respectively, and then
Amida after holding the city
under siege for three...
- September/October 531,
Bouzes and
Bessas were
joint commanders of the
garrison at
Martyropolis. The city was
besieged by a
strong S****anid force. The
death of Kavadh...
- of the
Tigris came
under Roman control,
including Tigranokert, Saird,
Martyropolis, Balalesa, Moxos, Daudia, and Arzan –
though under what
status is unclear...
- II went to Syria, and sent a
message to the
Sasanian occupied city of
Martyropolis to stop
their resistance against the Byzantines, but with no avail. He...
-
Maruthas of
Martyropolis,
Bishop of
Sophene and
Martyropolis (422), and the
Martyrs of
Persia (4th century),
whose relics rest in
Martyropolis.
Saint Flavian...
