The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location
Edessa
Also known as Urfa, Şanlıurfa, modern Şanlıurfa
- city
- Mesopotamian
A Mesopotamian frontier city, departure point of imperial campaigns and a Christian stronghold. It is occupied and destroyed in the wars between Rome, Persia, and later Muslim powers.
- Type
- city
- Style
- Mesopotamian
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 25
- Books
- 1
History
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
A Mesopotamian frontier city, departure point of imperial campaigns and a Christian stronghold. It is occupied and destroyed in the wars between Rome, Persia, and later Muslim powers.
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