. Universal historical dictionary, or, Explanation of the names of persons and places in the departments of Biblical, political, and ecclesiastical history, mythology, heraldry, biography, bibliography, geography, and numismatics . &c. Abgarus, Arbanilus, son of the former, who lived in the reignof Antoninus Pius, is said to have been a religious in Anton. P.; Euseb. Prmparut. Evang. 1. 6;Epiphan. Hmre, 56. Abgarus, successor of the preceding, gave hostages for hisfidelity to the emperor Severus, A. D. 197. Herodian, I. 3,c- 9 ; Spartiun. in Sever. Abgarus, the last king of E
. Universal historical dictionary, or, Explanation of the names of persons and places in the departments of Biblical, political, and ecclesiastical history, mythology, heraldry, biography, bibliography, geography, and numismatics . &c. Abgarus, Arbanilus, son of the former, who lived in the reignof Antoninus Pius, is said to have been a religious in Anton. P.; Euseb. Prmparut. Evang. 1. 6;Epiphan. Hmre, 56. Abgarus, successor of the preceding, gave hostages for hisfidelity to the emperor Severus, A. D. 197. Herodian, I. 3,c- 9 ; Spartiun. in Sever. Abgarus, the last king of Edessa, being convicted of trea-chery to the emperor Caracalla, in 216, was stripped of hispossessions, and sent prisoner to Rome, with his two kingdom was then converted into a Roman 1. 77- Abgarus, another prince of Edessa, in the reign of GordianusPius, is knows only by some medals which he struck inhonour of that emperor, of which a further account is givenunder Numismatics. Abgarus (Xumis.) the kings of this name struck severalmedals in honour of Hadrianus, M. Aurelius, L. Vents,Lncilla Commodus, Sept. Severus, ami, Lastly, of GordianusPuis. The medals of the latter represent Abgarus in three. attitudes, all expressive of his attachment and devotion tothe emperor ; namely, OH fool Standing before the emperor, aainjfg. J, on horseback ready far war, as in fig. 2, andad Kporo/iai tcalptut, en dam basic, a half length fig. :., with a sun behind, emblematical of Persia, onwhich he turns bis back in favour of the Romans. Hitter. toL i. p. ii:;?, et tea. vol. ii. p. 519 ; Vaiin. Sum. Impcral. Human.; Getner. Sum. I nip. Hainan, tali. 8j Harduin. Num. Ant. ill«si.; Spank. Dissert, de Utu etPratt, yum.; Bayer. Hut. Osrhoeri. Ac. ,• Havm. (Biog.) surnamed Prester John, and son of theking of Fnezland, was the reputed author of a history ABI of Charlemagnes expedition into the east. Sujfrid. dc Script.
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