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Headword:
Anazarbon
Adler number: alpha,1866
Translated headword: Anazarbos, Anazarbus
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Nerva, emperor of the Romans,[1] when
Diocaesarea, which is in
Cilicia, had been destroyed by an earthquake, sent a senator named
Anazarbos; he rebuilt [the city], once called Kyinda, then
Diocaesarea, and called it
Anazarbos from his own name.
Anazarbon: hoti Nerbas basileus Rhômaiôn katenechtheisês hupo seismou Diokaisareias, tês en Kilikiai keimenês, epempse sunklêti- kon, onomati Anazarbon, hos anoikodomêsas autên, palai legomenên Kuïndan, eita Diokaisareian, ek tou idiou onomatos ekalesen Anazarbon.
Notes:
No source is specified, either here or when the material summarily reappears (under
delta 1154 and
kappa 2625).
Stephanus of
Byzantium knows both the city and its "founder" as Anazarba, but gives no history and no alternative names.
The Barrington Atlas (map 67 grid B2) gives alternative names for this city of
Anazarbos,
Caesarea, Ioustinianoupolis, Ioustinoupolis, [Justinianopolis, Justinopolis], Agrippias (in south-central Asia Minor, near the present-day village of Dilekkaya, Adana Province, Modern Turkey).
[1] Reigned 96-98 (
nu 252).
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 29 March 2001@15:02:34.
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