Akbas - ܐܩܒܐ

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Akbas was a Persian fortress on the river Batman close to Martyropolis in southern Armenia. Joh. Eph., EH 6.36, describes its capture and destruction by the Romans in 583.3

Names

  • ܐܩܒܐ
  • Akbas
  • ܐܩܒܐ2
  • Akbas1

Place Type

fortification

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 38.263455° Long. 41.038876°4

Descriptions

Akbas was a Persian fortress on the river Batman close to Martyropolis in southern Armenia. Joh. Eph., EH 6.36, describes its capture and destruction by the Romans in 583.3
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  • 1 Michael Whitby, The Emperor Maurice and His Historian: Theophylact Simocatta on Persian and Balkan warfare (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988)., p: 272.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 276; 339; 340, chapter: 3.6.36; 3.6.37.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Michael Whitby, The Emperor Maurice and His Historian: Theophylact Simocatta on Persian and Balkan warfare (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988)., p: 255 and 272.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874309

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Silvio Roggo, “Akbas - ܐܩܒܐ ” last modified February 16, 2024, http://syriaca.org/place/5578.

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Silvio Roggo, “Akbas - ܐܩܒܐ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2024. Entry published February 16, 2024. http://syriaca.org/place/5578.

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