Hierocles, Travel Guide 717.8-719.11
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Context
The Synecdemus written by an otherwise unknown
Hierocles during the early reign of Justinian is an important source for the political
geography of the Eastern Empire during Late Antiquity. Its traces the organization of
912 cities into 64 provinces (ἐπαρχίαι). Caesarea Maritima is here listed at the head of
the cities of Palestine.
Text
νγ´ Ἐπαρχία Παλαιστίνηςὑπὸ κονσουλάριον πόλεις κβ´
Καισάρεια μητρόπολιςΔῶραἈντιπατρίςΔιόσπολιςἌζωτος
παράλιοςἌζωτος μεσόγειοςἘλευθερόπολιςἡ Αἰλία καὶ ἹεροσόλυμαΝέα πόλιςΣεβαστήἈνθίδωνΔιοκλητιανούπολιςΣυκαμαζώνὉνοῦςΣώζουσαἸόππηΓάζαῬαμφίαἈσκάλονἌριζαΒιτύλη1
Textual Note
Ed. Burckhardt 1893Corrigenda Note
Minor corrections (punctuation)Translation
53. Eparchy of PalestineUnder consular authority: 22 citiesCaesarea, metropolisDoraAntipatrisDiospolisAzotos, coastalAzotos, inlandEleutheropolisAelia and JerusalemNeapolisSebasteAnthedonDiocletianoupolisSykamazonOnousSozousaIoppeGazaAskalonArizaBityle
Translation Note
Trans. J. L. RifeWorks Cited
- 1 Hierocles, Hieroclis Synecdemus; accedunt fragmenta apud Constantinum Porphyrogennetum servata et nomina urbivm mutata, ed. August Burckhardt, Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana (Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1893), p: 717.8-719.11.
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Joseph L. Rife, “Hierocles, Travel Guide 717.8-719.11,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/424.
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