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The fortress of Rumkaleon the Euphartes River was already known to the Assyrians, although the present structure is mainly of Hellenistic and Roman origin. It was a Byzantine frontier fortresses, surrounded on three sides by water of the river.
Sources:
- Agnus Stewart, Qalʿat al-Rūm / Hṙomgla / Rumkale and the Mamluk siege of 691AH/1292CE, in Hugh Kennedy eds. Muslim Military ...Leiden 2006, pp. 270-282
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumkale
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| Address | rumkale, gaziantep, 0, Turkey |
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