The Eastern Roman Empire finds itself challenged by Alexander and the Sleepless Ones. Meanwhile, in Armenia, Saint Mesrop invents a new alphabet.
Links:
Gravesite of Mesrop Mashtots by Perland1
On the Sleepless Ones/Acoemetae
Life of Mesrop Mashtots
On the Armenian Alphabet
Daniel Folger Caner. Wandering, Begging Monks: Spiritual Authority and the Promotion of Monasticism in Late Antiquity. 2002.
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#433 – A History of the Catholic Church – Alexander the Sleepless