Comitas - ܩܘܡܝܛܐ
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“Joh. Eph., EH 6.5, introduces Comitas as an interpreter between the Romans and Persians during the siege of Dara in 573. He negotiated with Khosrow on behalf of the Romans, yet he thought that the city was impregnable. For this Khosrow had him blinded after the fall of Dara.” 3
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573
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- 1 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 288; 291, chapter: 3.6.5.
- 2 J. R. Martindale, A.D. 527-641 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992)., entry: Comitas 6, p: 327.
- 3 J. R. Martindale, A.D. 527-641 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992)., p: 327.
- 4 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 288; 291.
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