Sabata (city)
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Sabata or Sabdata was an ancient town of Sittacene
, Assyria
, probably the same place as the (Sabatha)of Zosimus
(iii. 23), which that writer describes as 30 stadia from the ancient Seleuceia
. It is also mentioned by Abulfeda (p. 253) under the name of Sabach.
Sittacene
Sittacene was an ancient region of Babylonia and Assyria situated about the main city of Sittace. Pliny in his Natural History, Book 6, §§ 205-206, places Sittacene between Chalonitis, Persis and Mesene and also between Arbelitis and Palestine . Besides Sittace, Sabata, and Antiochia are...
, Assyria
Assyria
Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...
, probably the same place as the (Sabatha)of Zosimus
Zosimus
Zosimus was a Byzantine historian, who lived in Constantinople during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I . According to Photius, he was a comes, and held the office of "advocate" of the imperial treasury.- Historia Nova :...
(iii. 23), which that writer describes as 30 stadia from the ancient Seleuceia
Seleucia (Sittacene)
Seleucia – , also transliterated as Seleuceia, Seleukeia, Seleukheia; formerly Coche or Mahoza, also Veh Ardashir – was an ancient city near the Euphrates river and across the Tigris from the better-known Seleucia on the Tigris, in Sittacene, Mesopotamia...
. It is also mentioned by Abulfeda (p. 253) under the name of Sabach.