Carcathiocerta

Carcathiocerta (Armenian: Կարկաթիոկերտ, Karkatiokert or Արկաթիակերտ, Arkatiakert. Ancient Greek: Καρκαθιόκερτα, Karkathiokerta) was a city in Armenian Sophene near the Tigris, identified with the modern town of Eğil. It was the first capital of Sophene until Arsames I founded the new capital Arshamshat around 230 BCE. The Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes renamed the city into Epiphania. Strabo in his Geography, calls it "The royal city of Sophene".^[1]

References

↑ Strabo, Geography, Book 11, Chapter 14.3

Kingdom of Sophene
Ancestor Orontids Capital Carcathiocerta, then Arsamosata Dynasty Sames (ca. 260 B.C.) Arsames I (ca. 240 B.C.) Arsames II (ca. 230 B.C.) Xerxes (ca. 220 B.C.) Abdissares (ca. 210 B.C.) Zariadres (ca. 190 B.C.) Morphilig (ca. 150 B.C.) Artanes (ca. 110 B.C.)

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