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See also:ANAZARBUS (med. See also:Ain Zarba; mod. Navarza)
, an See also:ancient Cilician See also:city, situated in the Aleian See also:plain about 10 m
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W. of the See also:main stream of the Pyramus (Jihun) and near its tributary the Sempas Su
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A lofty isolated See also:ridge formed its See also:acropolis
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Though some of the See also:masonry in the ruins is certainly pre-See also:Roman, Suidas's See also:identification of it with Cyinda, famous as a treasure city in the See also:wars of See also:Eumenes of Cardia, cannot be accepted in the See also:face of See also:Strabo's See also:express location of Cyinda in western See also:Cilicia
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Under the See also:early Roman See also:empire the See also:place was known as Caesarea, and was the See also:metropolis of Cilicia Secunda
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Rebuilt by the See also:emperor See also:Justin after an See also:earthquake, it became Justinopolis (A.D
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525); but the old native name persisted, and when Thoros I., See also: The remains of the acropolis fortifications are very interesting, including roads and ditches hewn in the See also:rock; but beyond ruins of two churches and a fine See also:tower built by Thoros I. there are no notable structures in the upper See also:town . For picturesqueness the site is not equalled in Cilicia, and it is See also:worth while to trace the three fine aqueducts to their See also:sources . (D . G . |
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