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Artashat

ARTAŠAT

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Also known as: Artaxata, Artaxiasata; Latin: Artaxata

ARTASHAT. - Ancient city of Armenia, which was also a capital under the Ardašessian dynasty, in the province of Ararat on the Aras. In 177 A.D. Corbulo, after seizing it by treachery, burned it on the pretext of being unable to defend it.

At A., in 449, Joseph I katholikós convened the historic Synod and replied to the letter of Yazdgherd II of Persia, urging the Armenians to embrace Mazdeism, under penalty of persecutions and destructions throughout Armenia. A. was destroyed during the subsequent invasion of the Arabs.

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BIBL.: L. Ingiġian, Topografia dell'Armenia antica (in Armenian), Venice 1822, pp. 485-97; L. Alisan, Topografia di Ararat (in Armenian), Venice 1890, pp. 395-403; Eprikian, Dizionario geagr. dell'Armenia (in Armenian), Venice 1902, pp. 318-23.

Serafino Akelian

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 32.

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Akelian, Serafino. “ArtaŠAt.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 32. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/artasat.

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Akelian, Serafino. “ArtaŠAt.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 32. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/artasat.

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@incollection{ec2_artasat,
  author    = {Akelian, Serafino},
  title     = {ArtaŠAt},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {32},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/artasat}
}

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