Ardabda

ARDABDA, ARDAUDA(Ἀρδάβδα, Ἀρδαύδα), signifying the city of the seven gods,was the name given by the Alani or the Tauri to the city of THEODOSiA on the Tauric Chersonese. ( Anon. Peripl. Pont. Eux. p. 5.)