Joshua the Stylite — is the supposed author of a chronicle which narrates the history of the war between the Greeks and Persians in 502 506, and which is one of the earliest and best historical documents preserved in Syriac.The work owes its preservation to having… … Wikipedia
Joshua the Stylite — Monk from Edessa (q.v.) who wrote a chronicle (q.v.) in Syriac covering the years 495 506. The original has not survived, except perhaps in an anonymous chronicle (extending to the year 775) with the attached pseudonym of Dionysios of Tell… … Historical dictionary of Byzantium
Joshua (name) — Joshua is a Biblical masculine given name derived from the Hebrew Yehoshua (hebrew|יהושע), which has a meaning similar to God rescues or God is salvation . [ [http://www.direct.ca/trinity/yehoshua.html Yehoshua, Yeshua or Yeshu; Which one is the… … Wikipedia
Roman–Persian Wars — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Roman ndash;Persian Wars partof= date=92 BC ndash; 627 AD place=Mesopotamia, Transcaucasus, Atropatene, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Egypt result=Status quo ante bellum territory=Roman acquisition of upper… … Wikipedia
ИЕШУ СТИЛИТ — [Иисус Столпник; сир. ], предполагаемое имя автора сир. хроники нач. VI в., посвященной истории Эдессы (сир. Урхой, ныне Урфа, Турция) и др. городов визант. Месопотамии на рубеже V и VI вв. по Р. Х. Это сочинение сохранилось в единственной… … Православная энциклопедия
Monophysites and Monophysitism — • Rejected the dual nature of Christ. Rejected by the Council of Chalcedon (451) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Monophysites and Monophysitism Monophysites and Monophysitism … Catholic encyclopedia
Строительная деятельность Юстиниана I — О строительной деятельности Юстиниана I сохранились достаточно подробные, хотя и, возможно, слишком комплиментарные, свидетельства современников императора. Прежде всего это написанный между 554 и 560 годами[1] обширный, в шести книгах, панегирик … Википедия
О постройках — (лат. De aedificiis, др. греч. Περὶ κτισμάτων) произведение византийского историка Прокопия Кесарийского, посвящённое строительной деятельности императора Юстиниана I. Этот трактат занимает уникальное место в византийской литературе.… … Википедия
Sophene — For the kingdom, please see Kingdom of Sophene. [ Armenian Empire under Tigranes the Great.] Sophene ( hy. Ծոփք Tsopk ) was a province of the Armenian Kingdom and of the Roman Empire, located in the south west of the kingdom. It currently lies in … Wikipedia
Zeugma (city) — This article is about Zeugma in Commagene; for the ancient city called Zeugma in Seleucis, Syria, see Samandağı (city). For other uses, see Zeugma (disambiguation) Zeugma ( el. Ζεύγμα) is an ancient city of Commagene; currently located in the… … Wikipedia
