Constantia (Osrhoene)
Constantia or Konstantia (
dux Mesopotamiae until the foundation of Dara.[1] There is considerable variation in different authors in the way in which the name of this town is written and the names under which it is known, including: Constantia or Konstantia (Κωνσταντία),[2] Constantina or Konstantina (Κωνσταντίνα),[3] Antoninopolis,[4] Nicephorium or Nikephorion (Νικηφόριον),[5] Maximianopolis (Μαξιμιανούπολις),[4] Constantinopolis in Osrhoene,[6] Tella and Antiochia Arabis,[7] Antiochia in Mesopotamia (Ἀντιόχεια τῆς Μεσοποταμίας – Antiocheia tes Mesopotamias) and Antiochia in Arabia (Ἀντιόχεια ἡ Ἀραβική – Antiocheia e Arabike).[8][9]
According to
Constantine I on the site of former Maximianopolis, which had been destroyed by a Persian attack and an earthquake.[10] Jacob Baradaeus was born near the city and was a monk in a nearby monastery.[11]
Under the names Constantina and Tella, it was also a
Roman Catholic Church under the name Constantina.[13] The city was captured by the Arabs in 639.[11]
Its site is near the modern Viranşehir, Turkey.[7][14]
References
- ^ Procopius, de Aedificiis 2.5.
- ^ Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 714.
- ^ Suda, s.v.
- ^ a b Smith 1854, pp. 656–657
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ under which name the bishop who attended the Council of Chalcedon is titled; Evagrius Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History i (Smith 1854, pp. 656–657).
- ^ ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ a b Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 6.117.
- ^ Roaf, M.; T. Sinclair; S. Kroll; St J. Simpson (29 January 2021). "Places: 874324 (Antiochia Arabis/Antoninopolis/Tella/Constantia/Maximianopolis)". Pleiades. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ Malala, Chron. xii. p. 312.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6
- ^
V.L. (1911). . In Wace, Henry; Piercy, William C. (eds.). Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century (3rd ed.). London: John Murray.
- ^ "Constantina (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- Blue Guide, Turkey, (ISBN 978-0-393-32137-1), p. 585.
Attribution:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854). "Constantia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 1. London: John Murray. pp. 656–657.
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