ABTAGERA. ABTAGEILA CAprory^pau, Strab. xi. p. 529; 'Apr^Tci^, Zoo. X. 36; ArUgera, Veil. Pat ii. 102), A town of Arnienia, sapposod to be the same as the Artafpf^arta of Ptolemy ('^ fnaytydpreiy ▼. 13. § 22) and the Artogenssaof Ainin.MarceUina8(xxvii. 12). It is called by the Armenian writers ArtagSr (^Arda- bent) (SLMartinf Mem, star rArmemej vol. L p. 1 22.) Before the wallsof this city C . Caesar, grandsoi of Aocnstns, receired the wound from the effects of which he died. The site would appear to have been betwtvD Arsamosata and Tigranocerta, if it be as- saroed that it is the same place as the Artagigarta of Ptolemy. [E.B.J.] A-RTAMIS ("A^flvur, PtoL vi. 11. §§2, 3j Aitanus, Amm. Marc. xxiiL 6), a river of Bactria, which flowed into the S^ariaspis (or river of BaUek), Wilnn (^Ariama^ p. 162) conjectures that it is the Datash, whieh flows NE. in the direction of BaUeh. The name itself Is probably of Perdan origin. [V.] ARTANES CA^nlinis), also written Artannes and Aitanos, a small river of Bithynia, placed by Airian (p. 13) 150 stadia east of Cape Melaena, with a haven and temple of Venus at the mouth of the river. [Q. L.] ABTA^aSSA CA/n-drwro-o: Tdawef), a dty of Iberia, in Asia, between the Cyrus and M. Caucasus (Plitl. V. 1 1 § 3). It was one of Ptolemy's points of lecorded astronomical observations, having the |pii»est day 15 hrs. 25 min., and being one hour £. of Alexandria (viiL 19. § 5). [P. S.] ARTAUXUM (^Apravrov), is generally believed ^ ffl' 9f to be the Ibrt which Drusus erected o n mount Taunn s fHtf (J^aL Anm, L 56), and which was al^erwanis'19- stend bj Germanicns. (Ptol. ii. 11.) Some find ^ its site in Sa£t«ry, near Homburg, [L. S.] AKTAXATA CAftrd^vra, ^Apraitdaara, *Ap- ra^trnffmrai Artaxata sing, and plur., Plm. vi. 10; Jov. tL 170; Tac AmuU. iL 56, n. 32, xiiL 41, xiv. 23: £ik, *Apra^aTnr6s), the ancient capital of Aimeoia, situated on a sort of peninsula fbrmod by the canre of the river Araxes. (Strsb. xi. p. 529.) Wimaial^ who took refuge at the court of Artaxias wfaoi Antiocfaus was no longer able to protect him, superintended the building of this city, which was so called in honour of Artaxias. (Strab. p. 528 ; PlaL LucwU. 31.) Ccrt>uio^ a. d. 58, destroyed the town (Did. of Biog, $. 9.), which was rebuilt by Initiates, who gave it the name of Neronia in honour ti the Empemr Kero, who had surrendered the king- dom of Armenia to him. (Dia Cass. IxiiL 7.) The sobaequMit history, as given by the native historians, win be found in St. Martin (Jiem. mr CArmeniej voL L pw 1 18). Fonnerly a mass of ruins called Tatt ThidaU (Throne of Tiridates), near the junc- t>«i of the ^rus and the Zengue, were supposed to the ancient Artaxata. Col. M<mteiUi (Z><m- Geog. Joumalj vol. iij. p. 47) fixes the site at a remarkable bend in the river, s<Hnewhat lower down than this, at the bottom of which were the ruins of a farkifne of Greek or Koman architecture. [E. B. J.] ABTEMI'SIUM ('AfrrcfuVioi'). 1. The name of the aavthem coast and of a promontory of Euboea, Immediately opposite the Thessalian Magnesia, so called firam thejempie of Artemis Proseoa, belonging to the town of Histiaea. It was off this coast that the Grecian fleet fought with the fleet of Xerxes, B. c 480. (Herod. viL 175, viiL 8; Pint Them, 7 ; I^iod. xL 12.) 2. A mountain forming the boundary between ArgoUs and Arcadia, with a temple of Artemis on its samnit. It is 5814 feet in height, and is now called 4Jea Mjf<MJilOti^ Ax- yUt*^ Jt^i ARTENA. 227 the Mountain of TumUcL (Pans. ii. 25. § 3, viii. 5. § 6 ; Leake, Peloponnesiacaf p. 203.) 3. A fortress in Macedonia, built by the emperor Justinian, at the distance of 40 miles from Thessa- lonica, and at the mouth of the river Bechius. (Pro- cop, de Aedif. iv. 3.) The Bechius, as Tafel has shown, is the river, by which the waters of the Lake Bolbe flow into the sea, and which Thucydides (iv. 103) refers to, without mentioning its name. (Ti^el, ThaucUonicat pp. 14, soq., 272, seq.) 4. A promontory of Caria, with a temple of Ar- temis on its summit, fonning the northern extremity of the bay of Glaucus (Strab. xiv. p. 651), called by others Pbdauum (Mela, L 16 ; Piin. v. 28. s. 29.) 5. A town in Spain. [Dianium.] 6. An island off Etruria. [DiAmuM.] 7. A mountain near Aricia. [A&iciA.] ABTEMITA. l,{'A^4fura, Strab. xi. p. 519, xvi. p. 744 ; PtoLri. 1. § 6 ; Steph. ; Isid. Char. p. 5 ; Artemita, Plin. vi. 26 ; Tab. Pmitmger.)^ a dty of Assyria, or perhaps more strictly of Babylonia (Strab. xL p. 519), in the district of ApoUoniatis (Isid. Char.) ; according to Strabo (xvi. p. 744) 500 stadia {Tab.Peutmg. 71 mill.) E. of Seleucia, and 8,000 stadia N. of the Persian Gulf. (Strab. xi. p. 519.) According to Tacitus (vi. 41) it was a Parthian town, in which Stephanus (on the autho- ri^ of Strabo, though that geographer does not say so) coincides with him. Pliny (vi. 26) places it wrongly in Mesopotamia. It was situated on a river called the Sillas. The modem Sherbdn is supposed to occupy its site. [V.] 2. (^dfn), a town of Armenia (Ptol. v. IS. §21), founded, according to the natitmal tradi- tions, by Semiramis. A canal, which in some maps has been converted into a river, under the name of Shenirdm Su, is attributed to this reputed foundress of Vdn. Mr. Brant (^London Geog. Journal^ voL x. p. 389) speaks of a small village of the name of Artemidf at no great distance from Vdn, He was told that no inscriptions were to be found, nor were there traces of any buildings of antiquity. D'An- ville {Geog. Ane. vd. ii. p. 324; comp. Einneir, TVao. p. 385) has identifleid it with the krge and important town of Fitfn, which St. Martin {Mini, sur tArmenie^ vol. i. p. 138) considers to be the some as the Buana (Bovova) of Ptolemy (v. 13. §21). Van was considered one of the strongest places in Armenia, and is frequently mentioned by the native chroniclers in connection with their history. (St, Martin, 2. c.) [E.B.J.] ARTEMITA. [Echwades.] ARTENA. 1. A city of the Volscians, known only from the account in Livy (iv. 61) of its siege and capture by the Romans in b. c. 404. It ap- pears that it had a very strong citadel, which held out long after the town had fallen, and was only taken by treachery. Both town and citadel were destroyed, and the name never again occurs. Cell and Nibby have supposed the remains of ancient walls found on the summit of the hill above Monte Fortino, still called La Civita^ to be those of Ar- tena; but they are regarded by Abeken, with more probability, as belonging to the far more important dty of Ecetra. (Gell, Top. ofRome^ P- HO; Nibby, IHrUomi, vol. i. pp. 263 — 265; Abeken, MUtei ItaUen, p. 75.) [Ecetra.] 2. From the same passage of Livy we learn that there was another small town of the name in Etruria, between CaiMre and Veil, and a dependency of the -r, f /• Q2
