Adiabene Nisibis was not part of Adiabene before 36, when Artabanus presented the city to Izates as a reward for his loyalty. Strabo implies that Nisibis was...

peace treaty, Nisibis was ceded to the Persians, causing Ephrem the Syrian, accompanied by a number of teachers, to leave the School of Nisibis for Edessa...

Catholicos. A synod in 539 decided that neither of the two claimants, Elisha and Narsai, who had been elected by rival groups of bishops in 524, was legitimate...

translated into Latin and Greek. This includes Aphrahat, Jacob of Nisibis, Ephrem, Narsai, Jacob of Serug, Henana, Aba, Abraham of Izla, Babai, Hormizd and...

comparable to Dante Alighieri, is also credited as the founder of the School of Nisibis, which, in later centuries, became the main centre of learning of the Syriac...