Artemita ( grc, Ἀρτεμίτα) or Artemita in Apolloniatis was a Greek
[Isidore of Charax]
paragraph 2. city in
Sittacene Sittacene was an ancient region of Babylonia and Assyria situated about the main city of Sittace. Pliny in his ''Natural History'', Book 6, §§ 205-206, places Sittacene between Chalonitis, Persis and Mesene and also between Arbelitis and Pale ...
, a region in what is now eastern
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
. Artemita was already settled during the
Assyrian Empire
Assyrian may refer to:
* Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia.
* Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire.
** Early Assyrian Period
** Old Assyrian Period
** Middle Assyrian Empire
** Neo-Assyrian Empire
* Assyria ...
[Karlheinz Kessler, ''Kār Aššur, Chalas(s)ar, Artemita. Assyrische Festung und griechische Polis in der Apolloniatis,'' in Mélanie C. Flossmann-Schütze et al. (eds.): ''Kleine Götter — Große Götter. Festschrift für Dieter Kessler zum 65. Geburtstag.'' (= Tuna el-Gebel 4). Brose, Haar 2013, S. 273–285 {{ISBN, 978-3-944207-02-5.] and later flourished under the
Parthian Empire
The Parthian Empire (), also known as the Arsacid Empire (), was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces I, who led the Parni tribe in conq ...
.
Though its location is probably near to the confluence of the river Radānu to the
Tigris
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, on a route along the Tigris northwest of
Seleucia.
According to
Isidore of Charax
Isidore of Charax (; grc, Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Χαρακηνός, ''Isídōros o Charakēnós''; la, Isidorus Characenus) was a Greco-Roman geographer of the 1st century BC and 1st century AD, a citizen of the Parthian Empire, about whom nothi ...
, it was crossed by the river Sillas (
Diyala) and is located about ca. 90 km from Seleucia, and was already known since
Tiglathpileser III
Tiglath-Pileser III (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , meaning "my trust belongs to the son of Ešarra"), was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 745 BC to his death in 727. One of the most prominent and historically significant Assyrian kings, Tig ...
in
Assyrian
Assyrian may refer to:
* Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia.
* Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire.
** Early Assyrian Period
** Old Assyrian Period
** Middle Assyrian Empire
** Neo-Assyrian Empire
* Assyrian ...
cuneiform
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sources (second half of 8th century BCE) as Kār Aššur and later as Chalasar (Tabula Peutingeriana, Manî).
Later it was settled again under the Greeks (
Macedonia
Macedonia most commonly refers to:
* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...
n), but might have been considered Parthian. In AD 31, It welcomed the Arsacid pretender
Tiridates II.
[Tacitus, ''Annals'']
6.41
Artemita was the birthplace of the historian
Apollodorus of Artemita Apollodorus of Artemita ( grc, Ἀπολλόδωρος Ἀρτεμιτηνός) was a Greek historian who flourished between 130 and 87 BC. He hailed from the Greco-Parthian city of Artemita in Apolloniatis and was a citizen of the Parthian Empire. ...
.
See also
*
List of ancient Greek cities
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby uni ...
References
External links
Artemita in Apolloniatis(Encyclopædia Iranica article)
Macedonian colonies
Parthian cities
Former populated places in Iraq
History of Assyria
Cuneiform