Arsamosata
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Arsamosata was a city in Armenia
n Sophene
near the Euphrates
. It was founded by King Arsames I
of the Orontid Dynasty
in 3rd century BC. It was left and destroyed in I century BC. In Middle Ages it was called Ashmushat.
The city has been identified with the modern Kharput (Elazığ
) . It has also been identified as the abandoned settlement site known as Haraba, located some 60 km east of Elazig.
Much of the site now lies submerged under the waters of the Keban dam. It is not to be confused with Samosata
.
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n Sophene
Sophene
Sophene , or ) was a province of the Armenian Kingdom and of the Roman Empire, located in the south-west of the kingdom. It currently lies in modern-day southeastern Turkey....
near the Euphrates
Euphrates
The Euphrates is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia...
. It was founded by King Arsames I
Arsames I
Arsames I seems to have taken control of Commagene, Sophene and Armenia in the year 260 BC after the death of his grandfather Orontes III, king of Armenia, and his father Sames, king of Commagene....
of the Orontid Dynasty
Orontid Dynasty
The Orontid Dynasty The Orontid Dynasty The Orontid Dynasty (also known by their native name, Yervanduni was a hereditary Armenian dynasty and the rulers of the successor state to the Iron Age kingdom of Ararat...
in 3rd century BC. It was left and destroyed in I century BC. In Middle Ages it was called Ashmushat.
The city has been identified with the modern Kharput (Elazığ
Elazig
Elâzığ is a city in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey and the seat of Elâzığ Province. It has a population of331,479 according to the 2010 census, and the plain on which the city extends has an altitude of 1067 metres....
) . It has also been identified as the abandoned settlement site known as Haraba, located some 60 km east of Elazig.
Much of the site now lies submerged under the waters of the Keban dam. It is not to be confused with Samosata
Samosata
Samosata was an ancient city on the right bank of the Euphrates whose ruins existed at the modern city of Samsat, Adıyaman Province, Turkey until the site was flooded by the newly-constructed Atatürk Dam....
.