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ANI (anc. Abnicum)

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 47 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ANI (anc. Abnicum)

ANI (anc. Abnicum) , an See also:

ancient and ruined Armenian See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, in See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

TRANSCAUCASIA

Transcaucasia, See also:

government See also:

Erivan, situated at an See also:

ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of 4390 ft., between the Arpa-chai (Harpasus) and a deep See also:

RAVINE

ravine. In 961 it became the See also:

capital of the Bagratid See also:

KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of See also:

ARMENIA (old Persian Armina, Armenian Hayasdan, or Hayq)

Armenia, and when yielded to the See also:

BYZANTINE

Byzantine See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor (1046) it . was a populous city, known traditionally as the " city with the See also:

TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool churches." It was taken eighteen years later by the Seljuk See also:

TURKS

Turks, five times by the Georgians between 1125 and 1209, in 1239 by the See also:

MONGOLS

Mongols, and its ruin was completed by an See also:

earth-quake in 1319. It is still surrounded by a See also:

double See also:

wall partly in ruins, and amongst the remains are a " patriarchal " See also:

church finished in Ioto, two other churches, both of the 11th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, a See also:

FOURTH

fourth built in 1215, and a See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of large See also:

SIZE

size. See Brosset, See also:

LES

Les Ruines d'Ani (186o-1861).

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