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- proper noun Another name of
Lesser Armenia .
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Examples
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Kurdistan, and Armenia Minor (Mosul), of Persia (Urumiah), of Syria
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Rufinus does not give the name of Melitene to this legion, says Valesius, and probably he purposely omitted it, because he knew that Melitene was the name of a town in Armenia Minor, where the legion was stationed in his time.
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The consequence is that, although I am frequently writing to the rest of the brethren in Armenia Minor, I hesitate to write to your reverence, because I have no expectation of finding any one to convey my letter.
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Marco Polo left the town of Issus; he describes Armenia Minor as a very unhealthy place, the inhabitants of which, though once valiant, are now cowardly and wretched, their only talent seeming to lie in their capacity for drinking to excess.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866
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Armenia Minor, Colchis, the entire east coast of the Black Sea, the
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By the defeat of Artanes, king of Sophene, or Armenia Minor, he had made himself master of Armenia in its widest extent; by his wars with Parthia herself he had acquired
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Wine from grapes was not made, it is probable, in these parts, on account of the cold, but Strabo speaks of the οἶνος Μοναρίτης of Armenia Minor as not inferior to any of the Greek wines.
The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1844
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Rufinus does not give the name of Melitene to this legion, says Valesius, and probably he purposely omitted it, because he knew that Melitene was the name of a town in Armenia Minor, where the legion was stationed in his time.
Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius 1839
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In 115-16 he conquered the Parthians, and added the province of Armenia Minor to the empire.
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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