Aphum - ܦܘܡ

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Aphum was a fortification in the Roman-Persian border area in southern Armenia to the east of Martyropolis and the river Batman. Joh. Eph., EH 6.34, records that Maurice conquered it from the Persians in 578.3

Names

  • ܦܘܡ
  • Aphum
  • ܦܘܡ2
  • Aphum1

Place Type

fortification

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 38.04186° Long. 41.453009°4

Descriptions

Aphum was a fortification in the Roman-Persian border area in southern Armenia to the east of Martyropolis and the river Batman. Joh. Eph., EH 6.34, records that Maurice conquered it from the Persians in 578.3
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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: 269.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: 338, chapter: 3.6.34.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 269.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874329

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Silvio Roggo, “Aphum - ܦܘܡ ” last modified February 16, 2024, http://syriaca.org/place/5583.

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Silvio Roggo, “Aphum - ܦܘܡ .”, 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/5583.

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