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
Place Type
fortification
Location
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- Lat. 38.263455° Long. 41.038876°4
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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
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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.
- 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.
- 3 Michael Whitby, The Emperor Maurice and His Historian: Theophylact Simocatta on Persian and Balkan warfare (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988)., p: 255 and 272.
- 4 https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874309
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