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Caucasian Albania was a vassal of the Roman Empire around 300 AD. Albania is also mentioned by Dionysius Periegetes (2nd or 3rd century AD) who describes Albanians as a nation of warriors, living by the Iberians and the Georgians. [70] In 1899 a silver plate featuring Roman toreutics was excavated near Azerbaijani village of Qalagah.
Caucasian Albania (Middle Persian: Arān, Ardān, Armenian: Ałuank) was a kingdom in the Caucasus, which was under the suzerainty of the Sasanian Empire from 252 to 636. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The name Albania is derived from the Ancient Greek name Ἀλβανία and Latin Albanía. [ 5 ]
The existence of the Caucasian Albanian literature was known only indirectly before the late 20th century. Koryun's Life of Mashtots, written in the 5th century but only surviving in much later corrupted manuscripts, and Movses Kaghankatvatsi's History of the Caucasian Albanians, written in the 10th century, attribute the conversion of the Caucasian Albanians to Christianity to two ...
The History of the Caucasian Albanians (or The History of the World of Aghvank; Armenian: Պատմութիւն Աղուանից աշխարհի) by Movses Kaghankatvatsi is a history of eastern territories of Armenia (Nagorno-Karabakh and Utik), as well as other territories in Southeastern Caucasus usually described as Caucasian Albania.
Caucasian Albania — a historical satropy that was within present day Azerbaijan. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Work of Kamilla Trever, [26] who made a great contribution to investigation of culture of Caucasian Albania, appeared at that time. Investigations of R.M.Vahidov [27] and Z.I.Yampolski, [28] dedicated to material and religious culture of Caucasian Albania, are also very interesting. The range of questions related to material and religious life ...
Juansher [a] was the Mihranid prince of Caucasian Albania, ruling the principality from 637 to 669.He was the son and successor of Varaz Grigor (r. 628–637).. During his reign, Juansher changed his allegiance thrice.
The Church of Albania or the Albanian Apostolic Church was an ancient, briefly autocephalous church established in the 5th century. [1] [2] In 705, it fell under the religious jurisdiction of the Armenian Apostolic Church as the Catholicosate of Aghvank [3] centered in Caucasian Albania, a region spanning present-day northern Azerbaijan and southern Dagestan.