Zabdicene (Armenian: Ծաւդէք or Զաւդէք, romanized: Tsawdēk' or Zawdēk'; Greek: Ζαβδικηνή, romanized: Zavdikene; Latin: Zabdiccena; Classical Syriac: Zawdai) was a Carduchian[1] principality in Anatolia, in today's Turkey. It was located west of Ake, southwest of Anjewaci and north of Adiabene.

Bezabde and Phinika (Pinaka, Finik, Φοινίκη in Greek) were located in Zabdicene.[2] In 363, Zabdicene and its cities and fortresses were ceded to the Sasanian Empire.[2] The principality declined by the mid-fifth century. Saint Babai the Great was born in the village of Beth Ainata in the region in 551.

References

  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)
  2. ^ a b 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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