Note 33 — Chapter IX · ERZERUM
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Cedrenus, pp. 772, 773. He speaks of Artze as a κωμόπολις in the neighbourhood of Theodosiopolis which is described as a strong fortress. A vivid contemporary and native account of the sack of Artze is furnished by the Armenian historian, Aristakes of Lastivert. See Prudhomme’s translation in the Revue de l’Orient, Paris, 1863, vol. xvii. pp. 275 seq. ↑