Refimprove date December 2009 Arsamosata Lang hy , Ar am at was a city in Armenia n Sophene near the Euphrates . It was founded by King Arsames I of the Orontid Dynasty in 3rd century BC. It was left and destroyed in I century BC. In Middle Ages it was called Ashmushat. The city has been identified with the modern Kharput Elaz citation needed date January 2011 . It has also been identified as the abandoned settlement site known as Haraba, located some 60 km east of Elazig. ref T. A. Sinclair, Eastern Turkey, an Architectural and Archaeological survey, volume 3, pages 112 115. ref Much of the site now lies submerged under the waters of the Keban dam. It is not to be confused with Samosata . Notes Reflist Kingdom of Sophene Category History of Armenia Category Orontid dynasty Category Kingdom of Sophene Category Roman towns and cities in Turkey AncientNearEast stub ca Arsamosata de Harput es Arsamosata eo Harput fa fr Kharpout hy it Harput ru tr Harput ... more details
river north of Diyarbakir . However, its largest settlement and only true city was Arsamosata , located further to the north. Arsamosata was founded in the 3rd century B.C. and survived in a contracted ... Orontid dynasty Orontids Capital Samosata , then Arsamosata br Dynasty Sames of Commagene Sames ... more details
Original research date October 2010 File Historical regions of Greater Armenia.png 300px thumb 15 provinces of Historical Armenia Historical Armenia lang hy had 15 provinces. The provinces were called ashkharh lang hy , which means world in Armenian language Armenian . ref http freenet.am grighak Armenia files States.htm ref class wikitable Province ashkharh Armenian name Area km Number of cantons gavars Center Upper Armenia 23,860 9 Ani Sophene 18,890 8 Arsamosata Arshamashat Aghdznik 17,532 11 Tigranakert Silvan Tigranakert Turuberan 25,008 17 Haykashen Moxoene 2,962 8 Aparanq Corduene 14,707 11 Mahkert Persarmenia 11,010 9 Salmas Salmast Vaspurakan 40,870 35 Van, Turkey Van Syunik 15,237 12 Baghaberd Artsakh 11,528 12 Shushi Paytakaran 21,000 10 Bakurakert Utik 11,315 8 Parnes, Armenia Parnes Gugark 16,795 9 Ardahan Tayk 10,179 8 Boghberd Ayrarat 40,105 22 Armavir, Armenia Armavir Greater Armenia 280,998 189 Armavir, Armenia Armavir See also Armenian Highland Kingdom of Armenia disambiguation Kingdom of Armenia Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Lesser Armenia Hem in Hamshen Armenian Mesopotamia References reflist Historical regions of Armenia Category Geography of Armenia Category Geography of Azerbaijan Category Geography of Turkey Category Geography of Iran Category Geography of Georgia country Category Armenian history Category History of Armenia Category History of Azerbaijan Category History of Turkey Category History of Iran Category History of Georgia country Armenia hist stub Azerbaijan hist stub Turkey stub Iran hist stub Georgia stub fr R gions historiques de l Arm nie ... more details
other persons Arsames Arsames disambiguation Infobox monarch name Arsames I title King of Armenia , Sophene & Commagene image caption reign 260 228 BC coronation 260 BC othertitles full name Arsames I native lang1 Persian native lang1 name1 native lang2 Armenian native lang2 name1 native lang8 Greek native lang8 name1 predecessor successor Xerxes of Armenia Xerxes , King of Sophene & Commagene suc type heir queen consort offspring offspring offspring royal house dynasty Orontid Dynasty royal anthem father Sames of Commagene Sames mother birth date birth place death date 228 BC death place date of burial place of burial de Arsameia am Nymphaios Arsameia Arsames I lang hy seems to have taken control of Commagene , Sophene and Armenia in the year 260 BC after the death of his grandfather Orontes III , king of Armenia, and his father Sames of Commagene Sames , king of Commagene . Quite why they both died in the same year is not recorded, though it looks suspicious. It is known the Seleucid Empire was always trying to overthrow the Armenians Armenian dynasties who still ruled the lands their forebears had in the time of the Achaemenid Empire . Ziaelas of Bithynia found refuge at the court of king Arsames, and upon the death of king Nicomedes I of Bithynia Ziaelas returned to take the kingdom in 254 BC. Arsames also supported Antiochus Hierax against his brother, Seleucus II Callinicus , who was defeated at a battle against king Mithridates II of Pontus near Ankara in 239 BC, after which Seleucus lost control of any lands he had across the Taurus Mountains Taurus mountains. This was to the benefit of Arsames. Arsames then founded the cities of Arsamosata in Sophene and de Arsameia am Nymphaios Arsameia known today as Eski Kale in Commagene in 235 BC. After his death his eldest son Xerxes of Armenia Xerxes , became king of Commagene, Sophene and Armenia. Orontes IV would succeed Xerxes whilst another son known as Mithras or Mithrenes II is recorded as being the High ... more details
Infobox monarch name Xerxes title King of Sophene & Commagene image Deleted image removed File Coin of Xerxes of Armenia.jpg thumb caption Coin of king Xerxes, from around 220 BC, he wears a distinctive tiara. Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. reign 228 212 BC coronation 228 BC othertitles full name Xerxes native lang1 Persian native lang1 name1 native lang2 Armenian native lang2 name1 native lang8 Greek native lang8 name1 predecessor successor Abdissares , King of Sophene & Commagene suc type heir queen Antiochis consort offspring offspring offspring royal house dynasty Orontid Dynasty royal anthem father Arsames I mother birth date birth place death date 212 BC death place Sophene date of burial place of burial Xerxes Armenian language Armenian avar , Ancient Greek Xerxes, Old Persian ay r . He succeeded his father Arsames I to rule both Sophene and Commagene in 228 BC, his brother Orontes IV ruled Armenia . The Satraps of Upper Artabazanes of Media Atropatene Media , Lower Molon Media and Persis Alexander satrap Persis rebelled against king Antiochus III the Great Antiochus III in 223 BC. Also in 223 BC Achaeus general Achaeus , the Satrap of Asia Minor , rebelled. By 220 BC he put down most of the rebellions, Achaeus was not defeated until 213 BC. All of these rebellions helps to understand the context, and motives for the subsequent actions of Antiochus III on king Xerxes. By 212 BC Antiochus III had invaded the domain of Xerxes and defeated him after laying siege to the city of Arsamosata . Shortly afterwards Antiochus III arranged for Xerxes to marry his sister, Antiochis . This move seems to show the power or influence Xerxes had in the region. However within the same year she arranged to have her new husband assassinated, thinking that Antiochus III would be able to take control of Sophene. Whether Xerxes had still ruled Commagene by the time of his assassination is not known. Antiochus III had many military campaigns to take command of and ... more details
See also Lucian of Samosata on Jesus Samosata Armenian language Armenian , lang grc Sam sata , lang syr m a was an ancient city on the right west bank of the Euphrates whose ruins existed at the modern city of Samsat, Turkey Samsat , Ad yaman Province , Turkey until the site was flooded by the newly constructed Atat rk Dam . The founder of the city was Sames of Sophene Sames , a Satrap of Commagene who made it his capital. ref name toumanoff Toumanoff, Cyril 1963 Studies in Christian Caucasian History , Georgetown University Press ref The city is often confused with Arsamosata . Located in southeast Turkey on the upper Euphrates River , it was fortified so as to protect a major crossing point of the river on the east west trade route. It also served as a station on another route running from Damascus , Palmyra , and Sura city Sura up to Armenia Lesser Armenia and the Black Sea Euxine Black Sea . For a time, the city was called Antiochia in Commagene lang grc . As Antiochia in Commagene, it served as the capital for the Hellenistic kingdom of Commagene from circa 160 BC until it was surrendered to Rome in 72. A civil metropolis from the days of Emperor Hadrian , Samosata was the home of the Legio VI Ferrata and later Legio XVI Flavia Firma , and the terminus of several military roads. Samosata was the birthplace of Lucian c. 120 192 , a famous comic writer of antiquity, whose True Stories includes a trip to the moon, and could be considered the first space novel, as well as 80 works which have survived to this day. Samosata was also the birthplace of Paul of Samosata , the third leader of the Elkasite s, an order of Essenes Essene Gnosticism Gnostics , who lived in the mid 3rd century. In the Christian martyrology , seven Christian martyr s were crucified in 297 in Samosata for refusing to perform a pagan rite in celebration of the victory of Maximian over the Persian Empire Persians Abibus, Hipparchus, James, Lollia ... more details
For the kingdom, see Kingdom of Sophene . Infobox Former Subdivision native name common name Fourth Armenia continent Europe region Caucasus image map Arshakuni Armenia 150 en.svg era Antiquity , Middle Ages subdivision Province nation Kingdom of Armenia antiquity Greater Armenia year start 189 BC year end 530 AD capital Arsamosata Arshamashat common language Armenian religions Hellenism , Christianity from 301 AD event start Artaxias I declaring himself independent event end Included into the province of Armenia Image Maps of the Armenian Empire of Tigranes.gif 250px thumb Map showing Sophene right as it became a province of the Kingdom of Armenia antiquity Armenian Empire under Tigranes the Great . Sophene lang hy wikt Cop k , lang grc wikt S ph n or lang hy , lang en Fourth Armenia was a province of the Armenian Kingdom and of the Roman Empire , located in the south west of the kingdom. It currently lies in modern day southeastern Turkey . ref The History of Rome By Theodor Mommsen, William Purdie Dickson. ref The region that was to become Sophene was part of the kingdom of Urartu Ararat Urartu in the 8th 7th centuries BC. After unifying the region with his kingdom in the early 700s BC, king Argishtis I of Urartu resettled many of its inhabitants to his newly built city of Erebuni modern day Armenian capital Yerevan . Around 600 BC, Sophene became part of the newly emerged ancient Armenian Kingdom of the Orontid Dynasty Orontids . According to Anania Shirakatsi s Ashkharatsuyts World Atlas, 7th century , Tsopk Sophene was the 2nd among the 15 provinces of Kingdom of Armenia antiquity Greater Armenia . It consisted of 8 cantons gavars Khordzyan Hashtyank Paghnatun Balahovit Tsopk Shahunyats Andzit , Degiq Gavreq Goreq . ref Anania Shirakatsi , Geography. ref File Historical regions of Greater Armenia.png left 250px After Alexander the Great s campaigns in 330s BC and the subsequent collapse of the Achaemenid Empire , Sop ... more details
in Armenian territory governed by King Arsames, founder of the city Arsamosata . Towards the end ... dynasties, he besieged Arsamosata. Xerxes surrendered and implored the clemency of the king ... more details
about the western half of Armenia after its division during the Marzpanate Armenia Marzpanate period the Eastern half Persian Armenia Infobox Former Country native name conventional long name Byzantine Armenia common name Byzantine continent Asia region Caucasus, Armenian Highlands country Byzantine Empire era Middle Ages status status text empire government type year start 4th century year end 7th century p1 Kingdom of Armenia Antiquity flag p1 Arshakuni.svg s1 Emirate of Armenia flag s1 81ArabAbbasidPeriod750 885.gif image flag flag image coat symbol symbol type image map Byzantinehayastan.gif image map caption Byzantine Armenia, 387 536 capital Sivas Sebastia br Malatya Melitene br Arsamosata br Erzurum Theodosiopolis Garin latd latm latNS longd longm longEW common languages Armenian language Armenian , Medieval Greek Greek religion Christianity currency leader1 year leader1 Byzantine Armenia is the name given to the Armenia n part of the Byzantine Empire . The size of the territory varied over time, depending on the degree of control the Byzantines had over Armenia. The Byzantine and Sassanid Empire s divided Armenia in 387 and in 428 . Western Armenia fell under Byzantine rule, and Eastern Armenia fell under Sassanid control. Even after the establishment of the Bagratid Armenian Kingdom, parts of historic Armenia and Armenian inhabited areas were still under Byzantine rule. The Armenians had no representation in the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon in 451 , because they were struggling against the Sassanids in an armed rebellion. For that reason, there appeared a theological drift between Armenian and Byzantine Christianity. ref http www.metmuseum.org explore Byzantium byz 6.html 4 The Glory of Byzantium Publications for Educators Explore & Learn The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bot generated title ref Regardless, many Armenians became successful in the Byzantine Empire. One out of five Byzantine emperors and empresses were ethnically Armenian or half Armenian alt ... more details
Arsamosata , Derzene and Chozanon. ref name Treadgold483 ref harvnb Treadgold 1998 p 78 . ref ... captured Arsamosata and additional strategically important locations in the mountains of southwest Armenia ... more details
and Arsamosata , ravaged and plundered the countryside, extracted ransom from several cities ... 1996 pp 181 193 and harvnb Haldon 1999 pp 101 103 . cnote b The claim that Sozopetra or Arsamosata ... more details
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