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Chapter 23  p164 Chapter XXII Armenia in the Fifth and Sixth
Centuries  Divisions of Armenia  By the treaty of 387, the
western part of Armenia, along the line of Karin (Erzerum),
Niphrkert-Mdzpin (Nissibin), had been turned over to the
Byzantine Empire and administratively divided into northern and
southern sections. The northern part, with the city of Karin as
its center, was known as Inner Armenia, and had been annexed to
the Empire after the death of Arshak III the Arsacid, in 391.
The southern part comprised the five satrap