Erich Kettenhofen
- EREVAN
EREVAN, ancient city and modern capital of the Republic of Armenia (40° 08´ N, 44° 10´ E). i. Ancient and…
- DVIN
DVIN, city in Armenia located at 40° N, 44° 41´ E, north of Artaxata on the left bank of the Azat…
- DOMAN
DOMAN, city in the Roman province of Cappadocia, conquered along with the surrounding area by the Sasanian Šāpūr I (240-70)…
- DOLICHĒ
DOLICHĒ, city in the Roman province of Syria conquered together with the surrounding area by Šāpūr I (240-70) during his…
- DICHŌR
DICHŌR, city conquered by Šāpūr I (240-70) during his second campaign against Rome in 253 (252, according to Balty), as…
- DEPORTATIONS
DEPORTATIONS, forced transfers of population from one region to another. Deportations should be distinguished from other, somewhat similar sanctions that…
- DARBAND
DARBAND (دربند, Ar. Bāb al-Abwāb), ancient city in Dāḡestān on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, located at 42° 3’…
- CARACALLA
CARACALLA, the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, known as Caracalla (Caracallus in Historia Augusta 9.7ff.) because of his hooded robe,…
- JUSTINIAN I
JUSTINIAN I (Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus), Eastern Roman emperor, 527-65 CE. Justinian’s rule was marked by several military conflicts with…
- JULIAN
JULIAN (Flavius Claudius Iulianus), Roman emperor (b. probably 331 CE, in Constantinople; autocrat from 3 November 361; d. 26 June…
- JOVIAN
JOVIAN (Flavius Iovianus; b. in Singidunum [Belgrade] in 331 CE/d. in Dadastana, 17 February 364 CE), Roman emperor, r. 363-64…
- HÜBSCHMANN, (JOHANN) HEINRICH
HÜBSCHMANN, (JOHANN) HEINRICH, eminent German scholar of Iranian and Armenian studies (b. l July 1848 in Erfurt, d. 20 January…
- HORN, PAUL
HORN, PAUL, German philologist and specialist in Iranian and Turkish languages (b. 14 January 1863 in Halle an der Saale,…
- GUIDI, IGNAZIO
GUIDI, IGNAZIO, prominent Italian Orientalist (b. Rome, 31 July 1844; d. Rome, 18 March 1935; Figure 1). Guidi can be…
- GINDAROS
GINDAROS, present-day Jendīres, a town in the ancient region of Cyrrhestike in Syria (Strabo, Geography 16.2.8; Pliny, Natural History 5.19.81;…
- GERMANIKEIA
GERMANIKEIA (Germanicia; Mid. Pers. Germanyōs), city in the ancient country of Commagene in the Roman province of Syria, present-day Maraş…
- TRAJAN
TRAJAN (Marcus Ulpius Traianus), Roman emperor (98-117 CE), born probably in 53 CE, and died in early August 117. During…