Am, Or Anni, a ruined city of Turkish Armenia, on the Arpi Tchai, about 25 m. E. S. E. of Kars. Its ancient name appears to have been Abnicum, but its history is only imperfectly known. In the 5th century it was a small fort: in the 10th it became the capital of the Bagratide kings of Armenia; in the 11th it was sacked by the Seljuks, and subsequently occupied by the Kurds; and in the 12th repeatedly taken by the Georgians. In the 14th century it was finally ruined by an earthquake, and has never since been reoccupied. There are numerous ruins of churches, chapels, and private buildings, while the massive walls, about 6 m. in circuit, are in good preservation. - See Ruines d'Ani, by M. F. Brosset (2 vols., St. Petersburg, 1860-61).