Osroene
Osroene (also spelled Osrohene, Osrhoene, from the Greek Όσροηνῆ; Syriac: ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܥܣܪܐ ܥܝܢܐ Malkuṯā d-Bēt ʿŌsrā ʿĪnē), also known by the name of its capital city, Edessa (modern Şanlıurfa, Turkey), was a historic kingdom located on the present-day border of Syria and Turkey. The kingdom was Assyrian[1][2] and enjoyed semi-autonomy to complete independence from the years of 132 BCE to 244 AD.[2][3] It was a Syriac speaking kingdom,[4] and according to an ancient legend King Abgar V of Edessa was converted[5] to Christianity by Thaddeus of Edessa, or Saint Addai, one of the Seventy-two Disciples.[5] By 201 AD or earlier,[6] under King Abgar the Great,[7] Osroene became the first Christian state.[8][9]
Osroene Media
Anatolia in the early 1st century AD with Osroëne as a client state of the Parthian Empire
Kingdom of Osroene (gray shade) and the surrounding regions during the 1st century AD
Roman province of Osroene, highlighted within the Roman Empire
Map showing the Eastern Roman provinces, including Osroene, in the 5th century
Coin of king Abgar, who ruled in Osroene during the reign of Roman emperor Septimius Severus (193-211)
Coin of king Abgar, who ruled in Osroene during the reign of Roman emperor Gordianus III (238-244)
References
- ↑ Parpola, Simo. Assyrian Identity in Ancient Times and Today (in en). AssyriologistJournal of Assyrian Academic Studies. p. 15. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Revival of Spiritual Healing, by Barsom J. Kashish, 2002, p. 217[dead link]
- ↑ Alexander Roberts & James Donaldson Eds. The Writings of the Fathers Down to AD 325: Ante-Nicene Fathers vol. 8 (Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 1994), 657-672. [1] Archived 2008-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ The Ancient Name of Edessa, Amir Harrak, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 51, No. 3 (Jul., 1992), pp. 209-214 https://www.jstor.org/stable/545546
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Herbermann, Charles George. The Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)Encyclopedia Press. p. 282.
- ↑ von Harnack, Adolph. The Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries (1905)Williams & Norgate. p. 293.
- ↑ Adshead, Samuel Adrian Miles. China in World History (2000)Macmillan. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-312-22565-0.
- ↑ Cheetham, Samuel. A History of the Christian Church During the First Six Centuries (1905)Macmillan and Co. p. 58.
- ↑ Lockyer, Herbert. All the Apostles of the Bible (1988)Zondervan. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-310-28011-8.
