ARTAXATA. 
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teith, to whom I am indebted for this information, are the remains of 
a bridge over the Araxes ; the ground appears to have been overflowed, 
and a large mound of earth is to be seen, which may perhaps have been 
formed by buildings. This (in addition to its resemblance to Strabo’s 
account of Artaxata,) corresponds in the three circumstances of the 
swamp, the mound, and the bridge, with the account which Moses of 
Chorene gives of Artaxata. Profectus Artaxes eum in locum ubi Erasches 
flumeUi et magna palus inter se conjunguntur, et situ collis delectatus, ur- 
bem ihi condit, atque ab nomine suo Artaxata appellat. * In speaking of 
Artavazdes, son of Artases, we learn that there was a bridge at Ar¬ 
taxata, dum Artaxata urbis pontem transiret. f 
Lib. ii. cap. 46. 
f Lib. ii. cap. 58. 
