Английская Википедия:Abgar VII

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox royalty Abgar VII was king of Osrhoene from Шаблон:CE.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn His primary goal was to remain independent of both the major powers in the region, the Roman and the Parthian Empires.Шаблон:Sfn Toward this end, he supported the Roman Emperor Trajan's military campaign into Mesopotamia against the Parthian king Osroes I in Шаблон:CE,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn ending an era of Edessan neutrality toward the Roman Empire.Шаблон:Sfn However, in Шаблон:CE, Abgar also supported a Parthian revolt against Trajan.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The Roman general Lusius Quietus responded promptly by capturing and sacking Edessa.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Abgar VII died at this time.

Sources do not agree on what happened after Abgar VII's death. Warwick Ball reports that Hadrian appointed Parthamaspates of Parthia as a puppet king of captured territories including Osrhoene in Шаблон:CE.Шаблон:Sfn He also reports that the Romans reinstated the Abgar dynasty in Шаблон:CE with the accession of Ma'nu VII.Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Harvtxt, by contrast, report that there was a span of two years following Abgar VII's death where Edessa had no king before the Abgar dynasty was reinstated by the Emperor Hadrian in Шаблон:CE as a client kingdom of Rome.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

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