Tricomia
Tricomia or Trikomia was a town in the
Description
The town is mentioned in the Descriptio orbis romani of George of Cyprus, and seems to have been situated in southern Palestine, since the other cities that he mentions immediately before and after belong to that area.
The Descriptio orbis romani, a civil document, was mistaken for a
In his Chronographia, V,
It is now a village called Terkoumieh on a high hill between Hebron and Bayt Jibrin. It must not be confused with a Tricomia in Arabia which was the camping place of the equites promoti Illyriciani.
References
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 996
- ^ Siméon Vailhé, "Tricomia" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1912)
- ^ Oriens Christianus, III, 677.
- ^ Patrologia Graeca, XCVII, 236.