Hierocles, Travel Guide 717.8-719.11
created: This entry is taken from Travel Guide 717.8-719.11 written by Hierocles in 527-5
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is directly attested at Hierocles, Travel Guide 717.8-719.11. This passage was written ca. 527-535 C.E. possibly in Constantinople. 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.

νγ´ Ἐπαρχία Παλαιστίνης ὑπὸ κονσουλάριον πόλεις κβ´ Καισάρεια μητρόπολις Δῶρα Ἀντιπατρίς Διόσπολις Ἄζωτος παράλιος Ἄζωτος μεσόγειος Ἐλευθερόπολις ἡ Αἰλία καὶ Ἱεροσόλυμα Νέα πόλις Σεβαστή Ἀνθίδων Διοκλητιανούπολις Συκαμαζών Ὁνοῦς Σώζουσα Ἰόππη Γάζα Ῥαμφία Ἀσκάλον Ἄριζα Βιτύλη

[Ed. Burckhardt 1893] [Minor corrections (punctuation)]

53. Eparchy of Palestine Under consular authority: 22 cities Caesarea, metropolis Dora Antipatris Diospolis Azotos, coastal Azotos, inland Eleutheropolis Aelia and Jerusalem Neapolis Sebaste Anthedon Diocletianoupolis Sykamazon Onous Sozousa Ioppe Gaza Askalon Ariza Bityle [Trans. J. L. Rife]

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[Aelia

Anthedon

Antipatris

Ariza

Askalon

Azotos (Ashdod)

Bityle

Diocletianopolis

Diospolis (Lydda, Lod)

Dora (Dor)

Eleutheropolis

Gaza

Ioppe (Iope, Jaffa)

Jerusalem

Neapolis

Onous (Kfar ‘Ana)

Palestine

Sebaste

Sozousa (Apollonia)

Sykamazon (Sykamina)]

[Geography

Government and Law

Natural Environment]