ISAURIA  , in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography, a See also:

• DISTRICT

district in the interior of See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor, of very different extent at different periods . The permanent See also:

• NUCLEUS (Lat. for the kernal of a nut, nux, the stone of fruit)

nucleus of it was that See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of the See also:

• TAURUS (" the Bull ")

Taurus which lies directly to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• ICONIUM (mod. Konia)

Iconium and Lystra . See also:

• LYCAONIA

Lycaonia had all the Iconian See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain; but Isauria began as soon as the foothills were reached . Its two See also:

• ORIGINAL

original towns, Isaura Nea and Isaura Palaea, See also:

• LAY

lay, one among these foothills (Darla) and the other on the See also:

• WATERSHED

watershed (Zengibar Kale) . When the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans first encountered the Isaurians (See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the 1st See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.e.), they regarded See also:

• CILICIA

Cilicia Trachea as See also:

• PART

part of Isauria, which thus extended to the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea; and this See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the name continued to be in See also:

• COMMON

common use for two centuries . The whole See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin of the Calycadnus was reckoned Isaurian, and the cities in the valley of its See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch formed what was known as the Isaurian See also:

• DECAPOLIS

Decapolis . Towards the end of the 3rd century A.D., however, all Cilicia was detached for administrative purposes from the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern slope of Taurus, and we find a See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province called at first Isauria-Lycaonia, and later Isauria alone, extending up to the limits of See also:

• GALATIA

Galatia, but not passing Taurus on the south . See also:

• PISIDIA

Pisidia, part of which had hitherto been included in one province with Isauria, was also detached, and made to include Iconium . In See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation Isauria received the eastern part of See also:

• PAMPHYLIA

Pamphylia . Restricted again in the 4th century, Isauria ended as it began by being just the See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild district about Isaura Palaea and the heads of the Calycadnus . Isaura Palaea was besieged by See also:

• PERDICCAS

Perdiccas, the Macedonian See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent after See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander's See also:

• DEATH

death; and to avoid See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture its citizens set the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place alight and perished in the flames . During the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of the Cilician and other pirates against See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, the Isaurians took so active a part that the proconsul P .

Servilius deemed it necessary to follow them into their fastnesses, and compel the whole See also:

• PEOPLE

people to submission, an exploit for which he received the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Isauricus (75 B.C.) . The Isaurians were afterwards placed for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time under the See also:

• RULE

rule of Amyntas, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Galatia; but it is evident that they continued to retain their predatory habits and virtual See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence . In the 3rd century they sheltered the See also:

• REBEL, JOHANN PETER (176o-1826)

rebel See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, Trebellianus . In the 4th century they are still described by See also:

• AMMIANUS, MARCELLINUS

Ammianus See also:

• MARCELLINUS, ST

Marcellinus as the See also:

• SCOURGE (Ital. scoriada, from Lat. excoriare, to flay, corium, skin)

scourge of the neighbouring provinces of Asia Minor; but they are said to have been effectually subdued in the reign of Justinian . In common with all the eastern Taurus, Isauria passed into the hands of Turcomans and Yuruks with the Seljuk See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest: Many of these have now coalesced with the aboriginal See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population and See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a settled See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element: but the district is still lawless . This comparatively obscure people had the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of producing two See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine emperors, See also:

• ZENO

Zeno, whose native name was Traskalisseus Rousoumbladeotes, and See also:

• LEO
• LEO (THE LION)
• LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270)
• LEO, HEINRICH (1799-1878)
• LEO, JOHANNES (c. 1494-1552)
• LEO, LEONARDO (1694–1744)

Leo III., who ascended the See also:

• THRONE

throne of See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople in 718, reigned till 741, and became the founder of a See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty of three generations . The ruins of Isaura Palaea are mainly remarkable for their See also:

• FINE

fine situation and their fortifications and tombs . Those of Isaura Nea have disappeared, but numerous See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions and many sculptured stelae, built into the houses of Darla, prove the site . It was the latter, and not the former See also:

• TOWN

town, that Servilius reduced by cutting off the See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply . The site was identified by W . M .