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“Alodia was a Nubian kingdom located to the south of Nobadia and Makouria. Joh.Eph., EH 4.48-53, narrates the missionary work of the miaphysite bishop Longinus there in the late 570s. In 4.53 and 55, John adds that Alodia was also known under the name Ethiopia (ܐܬܝܘܦܝܐ).” 1
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- Lat. 15.523889° Long. 32.680833°3
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“Alodia was a Nubian kingdom located to the south of Nobadia and Makouria. Joh.Eph., EH 4.48-53, narrates the missionary work of the miaphysite bishop Longinus there in the late 570s. In 4.53 and 55, John adds that Alodia was also known under the name Ethiopia (ܐܬܝܘܦܝܐ).” 1
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- 1 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 1089 (s. Nubia).
- 2 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 232; 233; 234; 236; 237; 238; 239; 240; 241; 243, chapter: 3.4.48; 3.4.49; 3.4.50; 3.4.51; 3.4.52; 3.4.53; 3.4.55.
- 3 https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Alodia¶ms=15_31_26_N_32_40_51_E_region:SD-07_type:landmark_source:kolossus-dewiki
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