Zabdicene

Zabdicene(Armenian:Ծաւդէք or Զաւդէք,romanized:Tsawdēk' or Zawdēk';Greek:Ζαβδικηνή,romanized:Zavdikene;Latin:Zabdiccena;Classical Syriac:Zawdai) was aCarduchian^[1]principality inAnatolia,in today'sTurkey.It was located west ofAke,southwest ofAnjewaciand north ofAdiabene.

BezabdeandPhinika(Pinaka, Finik, Φοινίκη inGreek) were located in Zabdicene.^[2]In 363,Zabdicene and its cities and fortresses were ceded to theSasanian Empire.^[2]The principality declined by the mid-fifth century. SaintBabai the Greatwas born in the village of Beth Ainata in the region in 551.

References

^C. Toumanoff,Introduction to Christian Caucasian History II: Status and Dynasties of the Formative Period,Traditio, Vol. XVII, pp.1–107, 1961, Fordham University Press, New York. (see p.31-32-49)
^^a ^bCrow, James (2018)."Zabdicene".In Nicholson, Oliver (ed.).The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity.Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 1605.ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8.

[1] C. Toumanoff,Introduction to Christian Caucasian History II: Status and Dynasties of the Formative Period,Traditio, Vol. XVII, pp.1–107, 1961, Fordham University Press, New York. (see p.31-32-49)

[crow-2] Crow, James (2018)."Zabdicene".In Nicholson, Oliver (ed.).The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity.Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 1605.ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8.

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