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Assyrians = Syrians (1)

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Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
12 Assyrian Identity
12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
Assyria as a designation of (geographical) Syria in Latin sources
12 Assyrian Identity
12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
12.02.03.13 Assyria as a designation of (geographical) Syria in Latin sources
Syria (= Assyria) as opposed to Aturia (= Assyrian heartland)
12 Assyrian Identity
12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
12.02.03.14 Syria (= Assyria) as opposed to Aturia (= Assyrian heartland)
Syria as a designation of the Assyrian Empire
12 Assyrian Identity
12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
12.02.03.12 Syria as a designation of the Assyrian Empire
Syria as a variant of Assyria (1)
12 Assyrian Identity
12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
12.02.02 Assyria and Assyrians in Achaemenid sources
12.02.02.05 Syria as a variant of Assyria (1)

Keywords
Assyria
Nineveh

Period
1st century CE
Roman Empire

Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Strabo 16.1.3:
Now the city of Ninus [Nineveh] was wiped out immediately after the overthrow of the Syrians. It was much greater than Babylon, and was situated in the plain of Aturia. Aturia borders on the region of Arbela, with the Lycus River lying between them.

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Strabo 16.1.3

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Cf. Assyrians = Syrians (2)
Cf. Assyrians = Syrians (3)

Simo Parpola

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