kaspyTHE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture1818-510XАстраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева387Administrative and territorial divisions of Arshakid Armenia according to the "geography" of Claudius Ptolemy (South province)Administrative and territorial divisions of Arshakid Armenia according to the "geography" of Claudius Ptolemy (South province)ArutyunyanAkop Zh.ArutyunyanAkop Zh.hakobinna@rambler.ruYerevan State UniversityYerevan State University201431523https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2014/issue/3/article/387https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/3(40)/15-23.pdf

To study the administrative and territorial division of Arshakid Armenia especially important information is by Claudius Ptolemy. According to him, Armenia has had 20 provinces, and by Armenian Geography («Ashkharatsuyts», the source of V-VII centuries ) – 15 provinces. Comparative analysis of primary sources reveals the changes that have occurred in Armenia since the geographer-historian Ptolemy until the end of the kingdom of Great Armenia(387).

To study the administrative and territorial division of Arshakid Armenia especially important information is by Claudius Ptolemy. According to him, Armenia has had 20 provinces, and by Armenian Geography («Ashkharatsuyts», the source of V-VII centuries ) – 15 provinces. Comparative analysis of primary sources reveals the changes that have occurred in Armenia since the geographer-historian Ptolemy until the end of the kingdom of Great Armenia(387).

Klaudius Ptolemyancient Greek sourcesancient Armenian historianshistorical geographyadministrative and territorial divisionsGreat ArmeniaKlaudius Ptolemyancient Greek sourcesancient Armenian historianshistorical geographyadministrative and territorial divisionsGreat Armenia