Sophene

Who was Who in Roman Times: Links of Countries, Places and Peoples: Sophene/Tsopk/Sophenians

Sophene   – in ancient sources @ attalus.org
This page © Andrew Smith, 2010

Kingdom of Armenia Sophene: Timeline
Armenia Sophene was a short-lived division of Armenia proper, and one which seems to be very poorly documented. It was located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Courtesy of the History Files.

Kingdom of Sophene
Courtesy of Wikipedia

List Of Kings Of Armenia: Kings Of Sophene
Courtesy of Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia

Strabo’s Geography Book XI
This webpage reproduces a section of The Geography of Strabo published in Vol. V of the Loeb Classical Library edition, 1928. Courtesy of Texts in translation. Courtesy of Bill Thayer of LacusCurtius.

King Tigran II the Great
Tigranes also spelled TIGRAN, or DIKRAN (b. c. 140–d. c. 55 BC), king of Armenia from 95 to 55 BC, under whom the country became for a short time the strongest state in the Roman East.

The Rise and Fall of Tigranes the Great, King of Armenia
Courtesy of Ancient Origins Reconstructing the Story of Humanity’s Past.

The Cultural Landscape of Sophene from Hellenistic to Early Byzantine Times
By Michał Marciak. Courtesy of academia edu.

 

 

 

 


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