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The Aramean (Native Syrian) continuous

The timeline shows only evidence of synonyms used by ancient and modern writers to identify Syrians as Arameans.

Timeline

135 BC - 51 BC

Poseidonios of Apamea

"The people we Greeks call Syrians were called by the Syrians themselves Aramaeans"^[1]

63 BC - 24 AD

Strabo from Amasya

"... Syrians are by the Syrians themselves called Arimaeans and Aramaeans"^[2]

37 AD - 100 AD

Yosef ben Matityahu

"Aram had the Arameans (Aramites), which the Greeks called Syrians"

c. 275 - 339

Pope Eusebius Pamphili

"... and from Aram the Arameans, which are also called Syriacs"

c. 640 - 708

Jacob of Edessa

"... we the Arameans, that is to say Syrians ..."

896 - 956

Al-Mas'udi

"Tur Abdin is the mountain where remnants of the Aramean Syrians still survive."

963

Bar Bahlul

"The Syrians were formerly called Arameans ..."

1126 - 1199

Michael the Syrian

"... and the Arameans who are the Syrians..."

References

^ Posidonius (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1 Nov. 1988). p. 955-956. ISBN 0521200628.
^ The geography of Strabo. London: W. Heinemann. 1917–1932. ISBN 9780674990555.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)

[1] Posidonius (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1 Nov. 1988). p. 955-956. ISBN 0521200628.

[2] The geography of Strabo. London: W. Heinemann. 1917–1932. ISBN 9780674990555.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)

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 == References ==