Osroene

Osroene (ook gespel Osroëne; Grieks: Ὀσροηνή; Siries: Malkūṯā d-Bayt ʿŌrhai), soms ook bekend onder die naam van sy hoofstad, Edessa (vandag Şanlıurfa in Turkye), was ’n koninkryk in Bo-Mesopotamië^[1] wat tussen 132 v.C. en 244 n.C. semi-onafhanklik of heeltemal onafhanklik was.^[2][3]

1. ↑ The Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 B.C. to the Present, deel 25. Richard Ernest Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt Dupuy. Harper & Row, 1970. Bl. 115.
2. ↑ Alexander Roberts & James Donaldson (eds.), The Writings of the Fathers Down to AD 325: Ante-Nicene Fathers vol. 8 (Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 1994), 657-672. [1] Geargiveer 27 Februarie 2008 op Wayback Machine
3. ↑ Adrian Fortescue, The Lesser Eastern Churches, bl. 22. Catholic Truth Society, 1913. Oorspronklik van die Universiteit van Michigan.[2]^{[dooie skakel]}