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ΣΑΜΟΣΑΤΑ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ
A strongly fortified city of Syria, placed by Ptolemy (v. 15. § 11)
and Strabo in the district of Commagene. It contained the royal residence, and
was a province in the time of Strabo, surrounded by a small but very rich country,
and situated at the bridge of the Euphrates, (Strab. xvi. 2. § 3, p. 749.) Its
distance from the borders of Cappadocia in the vicinity of Tomisa across Mount
Taurus was 450 stadia. (Ib. xiv. 2. § 29, p. 664.) It was besieged and taken by
Mark Antony during his campaign in Syria. (Joseph. Ant. xiv. 15. § 8.) Its strategic
importance is intimated by Caesennius Paetus, prefect of Syria under Vespasian,
who, having represented that Antiochus, king of Commagene, was meditating an alliance
with the Parthians to enable him to throw off the Roman yoke, warned his imperial
master that Samosata, the largest city of Commagene, was situated on the Euphrates,
and would therefore secure the Parthians an easy passage of the river and a safe
asylum on the western side. The legate was therefore instructed to seize and hold
possession of Samosata. (B. J. vii. 7. § 1.) This town gave birth to Lucian, and
became infamous in the third century in connection with the heretical bishop Paul
of Samosata, who first broached the heresy of the simple humanity of our Lord;
and was condemned in a council assembled at Antioch (A.D. 272, Euseb. H. E. vii.
27, 28). The modern name of the town is Sempsat or Samisat, about 40 miles S.
of the cataracts of the Euphrates, where it passes Mount Taurus, but Pococke could
hear of no ruins there. (Observations on Syria, vol. ii. pt. l, p. 156.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited August 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
(ta Samosata). Now Samisat, the capital of the province, and afterwards kingdom, of Commagene, in the north of Syria, stood on the right bank of the Euphrates, northwest of Edessa. It is celebrated in literary history as the birthplace of Lucian, and in church history as that of the heretic Paul, bishop of Antioch, in the third century. Nothing remains of it but a heap of ruins.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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