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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]
Caucasian Albanian (also called Old Udi, Aluan or Aghwan) [2] is an extinct member of the Northeast Caucasian languages. It was spoken in Caucasian Albania, which stretched from current day south Dagestan to Azerbaijan. Linguists believe it is an early linguistic predecessor to the endangered Northeast Caucasian Udi language. [3]
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.
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.
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.
Map of Caucasian Albania. The Treaty of Nisibis in 299 between the Sasanian King of Kings Narseh (r. 293–303) and the Roman emperor Diocletian had ended disastrously for the Sasanians, who ceded them huge chunks of their territory, including the Caucasian kingdoms of Armenia and Iberia. [2]