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	Osroene - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Osroene (also: Osrohene, Osrhoene; Syriac: ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܥܣܪܐ ;ܥܝܢܶܐ), also known by the name of its capital city, Edessa (modern Sanli Urfa, in Syriac: ܐܘܪܗܝ), was one of several kingdoms arising from the dissolution of the Seleucid Empire.
		It was in this region that the "legend of Abgar" originated, for which see Abgarus of Edessa.
		Osroene was absorbed into the Roman Empire in 114 as a semi-autonomous vassal state, then incorporated as a province in 214.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Osroene (168 words)

	OSROES - LoveToKnow Article on OSROES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Edessa now became the principal seat of Aramaic-Christian (Syriac) language and literature; the literary dialect of Syriac is the dialect of Edessa.
		Caracalla in 216 abolished the kingdom of Osroene (Dio Cass.
		The list of the kings of Osroene is preserved in the Syrian chronicle of Dionysius of Tellmahre, which is checked by the coins and the data of the Greek and Roman- authors; it has been reconstructed by A. v.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /O/OS/OSROES.htm (588 words)

	OSROENE - Encyclopedia Britannica - OSROENE - JCSM's Study Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		OSROENE, or OsRHOENE, a district of north-western Mesopotamia, in the hill country on the upper Bilechas (Belichus; mod.
		A.D.), which occasionally has been changed into Osroene, in assimilation to the Parthian name Osroes or Chosroes (Khosrau).
		of the kings of Osroene is preserved in the Syrian chronicle of Dionysius of Tellmahre, which is checked by the coins and the data of the Greek and Roman authors; it has been reconstructed by A. v.
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	TIGRANES - LoveToKnow Article on TIGRANES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tigranes reconquered the valleys which he had ceded, and laid waste a great part of Media, down to Ecbatana (Isidor.
		6), and the districts of Nineveh and Arbela; the kings of Atropatene, Gordyene (the country of the Carduchi, now Bohtan), Adiabene (the former Assyria) and Osroene (Edessa) became his vassals, who attended him like slaves wherever he went; northern Mesopotamia also was torn from the Parthian Empire (Strabo xi.
		In 83 he invaded Syria, defeated the last successors of Seleucus and occupied Cilicia, of which the eastern parts still belonged to the Seleucids (Justin xl.
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		It's uncertain who made the first move, but certainly the Romans in April 114 started from the Cappadocian legionary bases and pushed into Armenia as far as Elegeia, where Trajan eliminated with a dirty trick the pro-Parthian new rule r Parthamasiris.
		The first two years of the war were totally favorable to the roman armies, and the Mesopotamian campaign was an ancient equivalent of a modern "Blitzkrieg".
		He can enter Armenia and Osroene (and fight the Roman forces in these provinces) anytime he wants.
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		Osroene (also: Osrohene, Osrhoene) (Syriac: ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܥܣܪܐ ܥܝܢܶܐ;), also known by the name of its capital city, Edessa (modern Sanli Urfa, in Syriac: ܐܘܪܗܝ;), was one of several kingdoms arising from the dissolution of the Seleucid Empire.
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	Edessa
		B.C. as Orrhoe, or Arrhoe, and was later named Edessa by Seleucus I of Syria.
		From c.137 B.C. it was the capital of the independent kingdom of Osroene.
		Osroene - Osroene, ancient kingdom of NW Mesopotamia, in present-day SE Turkey and NE Syria.
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	Osroene articles and news from Start Learning Now (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Osroene articles and news from Start Learning Now
		Osroene (also: Osrohene, Osrhoene; Syriac languageSyriac: ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܥܣܪܐ ܥܝܢܶܐ), also known by the name of its capital city, Edessa (modern Sanli Urfa, in Syriac: ܐܘܪܗܝ;), was one of several kingdoms arising from the dissolution of the Seleucid Empire.
		Osroene was absorbed into the Roman Empire in 114 as a semi-autonomous vassal state, then incorporated as a Roman provinceprovince in 214.
	www.startlearningnow.com /Osroene.htm (504 words)

	OSROENE - Online Information article about OSROENE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		After them the district was called Orrhoene (thus in the See also:
		A.D. Cassius), which occasionally has been changed into Osroene, in assimilation to the See also:
		list of the kings of Osroene is preserved in the Syrian chronicle of Dionysius of Tellmahre, which is checked by the coins and the data of the Greek and Roman authors; it has been reconstructed by A. v.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ORC_PAI/OSROENE.html (712 words)

	A Smaller Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology and Geography - ci, Osirus, Osroene, Ossa, Ostia, Ostorius ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A Smaller Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology and Geography - ci, Osirus, Osroene, Ossa, Ostia, Ostorius Scapula, Otho L. Roscius, Otho M Salvus, Othryades, Othrys, Otus, Ovidius Naso P
		This page contains descriptions for the following names Osci, Osirus, Osroene, Ossa, Ostia, Ostorius Scapula, Otho L. Roscius, Otho M Salvus, Othryades, Othrys, Otus, Ovidius Naso P
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