Hashteank

Hashteank' (Հաշտեանք) was a historic canton of Armenia, in the province of Sophene. Called Asthianene (Greek: Ἀσθιανήνη) by the Greeks and Romans, it consisted of what is now the Bingöl plain, near the sources of the Tigris.[1] The district of Khordzean (Greco-Roman Chorzene or Chorzanene), centered on Kiği (Armenian Kogoberd), was generally politically subordinate to Hashteank.[2] Hashteank was primarily a rural district, with larger towns at Bingöl and Genç.[2]

The Byzantine fortress of Citharizum, which was of great strength and was built by Justinian, was in the province.[3]

  1. ^ Marciak, Michał (2014). "The Historical Geography of Sophene". Acta Antiqua. 52 (4): 295–338. doi:10.1556/aant.52.2012.4.1.
  2. ^ a b Sinclair, T.A. (1989). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume III. Pindar Press. pp. 140–143. ISBN 0907132340. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Citharizon