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Ancient Armenian cities as recorded by the Greeks and Romans

January 31, 2014January 10, 2019 12 Comments 28773 Views

Armenia was well known to classical Greek and Roman writers who on occasion made personal journeys to Armenia describing some of its countryside, villages and cities. Many of which are today only remembered through their records. Pliny the Elder for example recounts a few in his work “The Natural History” (6.10): “The more famous...