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
Place Type
fortification
Location
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- 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.
- 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.
- 3 Michael Whitby, The Emperor Maurice and His Historian: Theophylact Simocatta on Persian and Balkan warfare (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988)., p: 255 and 269.
- 4 Roger Bagnall et al., Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places., entry: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874329.
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