Carcathiocerta (Armenian: Կարկաթիոկերտ, Karkatiokert or Արկաթիակերտ, Arkatiakert; Ancient Greek: Καρκαθιόκερτα, Karkathiokerta) was a city in ArmenianSophene near the Tigris, identified with the modern town of Eğil. It was the first capital of Sophene until Arsames I founded the new capital Arshamshat around 230 BCE. The Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes renamed the city into Epiphania.[citation needed]Strabo in his Geography, calls it "The royal city of Sophene".[1] It was assigned to the late Roman province of Mesopotamia.[2] It also bore the names Artagigarta, Baras, Basileon Phrourion, and Ingila.[3] Under the name Ingila, it became a bishopric; no longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[4]
carcathiocerta, armenian, Կարկաթիոկերտ, karkatiokert, Արկաթիակերտ, arkatiakert, ancient, greek, Καρκαθιόκερτα, karkathiokerta, city, armenian, sophene, near, tigris, identified, with, modern, town, eğil, first, capital, sophene, until, arsames, founded, capita. Carcathiocerta Armenian Կարկաթիոկերտ Karkatiokert or Արկաթիակերտ Arkatiakert Ancient Greek Karka8iokerta Karkathiokerta was a city in Armenian Sophene near the Tigris identified with the modern town of Egil It was the first capital of Sophene until Arsames I founded the new capital Arshamshat around 230 BCE The Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes renamed the city into Epiphania citation needed Strabo in his Geography calls it The royal city of Sophene 1 It was assigned to the late Roman province of Mesopotamia 2 It also bore the names Artagigarta Baras Basileon Phrourion and Ingila 3 Under the name Ingila it became a bishopric no longer the seat of a residential bishop it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church 4 Its site is located at Egil in Asiatic Turkey 3 2 References edit Strabo Geographica Vol 11 14 2 Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon s edition a b Lund University Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire a b Richard Talbert ed 2000 Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World Princeton University Press p 89 and directory notes accompanying ISBN 978 0 691 03169 9 Catholic Hierarchy 38 14 26 N 40 04 58 E 38 2405025 N 40 0827385 E 38 2405025 40 0827385 nbsp nbsp This Armenian history related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Ancient Near East related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This geographical article about a location in Diyarbakir Province Turkey is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Carcathiocerta amp oldid 1081878432, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
