Adiabene
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, Thomas Carlson, Greta Hawes
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Feb 23, 2026 11:29 PM
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History
Adiabene was an ancient kingdom in Assyria situated between the Upper Zab (Lycus) and the Lower Zab (Caprus) rivers. Its capital was at Arbela.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893935
36.1913213311, 44.0093823647
- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (330 BC - AD 640)
- Adiabene part of (administrative) Sasanian Empire (AD 224 - AD 651)
- Alexandria part of (regional) Adiabene (unspecified date range)
- Arbela/Arba-ilu connection Adiabene (unspecified date range)
region
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 E2 Adiabene
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M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, Thomas Carlson, and Greta Hawes, 'Adiabene: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893935> [accessed: 11 October 2026]
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