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Letters between Abgar V and the Roman [[Emperor Tiberius]] are also recorded in history, by for instance the Armenian historian [[Movses Khorenatsi]], scholars have argued for the core of these being essentially authentic based on:<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ramelli |first1=Ilaria |title=Possible Historical Traces in the Doctrina Addai |journal=Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies |date=2011 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.31826/hug-2011-090104/html}}</ref>
<blockquote> This work seems to preserve very ancient material, such as the information on the friendship between Abgar, correctly called toparkhês of Edessa, and the prefect of Egypt, in my view probably [[Aulus Avilius Flaccus|A. Avillius Flaccus]], who ruled Egypt AD 32 to 38—just the years of Vitellius’ mandate in the Near East and of the Abgar-Tiberius correspondence—and is well known to us thanks to Philo,
Abgar's initial letter to Tiberius read:<ref>https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0859.htm</ref>
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