Rhabdium
Π̓άβδιον
Rhabdium (Π̓άβδιον, Procop. B. P. 2.19, de Aedif. 2.4), a strongly fortified height, in an inaccessible part of Mesopotamia, two days' journey from Dara in the direction of Persia. The works were placed on the brow of very steep rocks which overlook the surrounding country. Justinian added additional works to it. It has not been identified with any modern place.
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.