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	Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture - Anavarza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		During the chaotic centuries which followed the rise of the Islam, Anazarbus remained as a buffer zone between the Arabs and the Byzantines and frequently changed hands between the two sides.
		Despite the fact that Anazarbus remained as an important fortification, the city which was built lower down, on the flat plan eventually started to be destroyed.
		Ali and tell a legend about how the son in law of the Prophet pulled out his sword and made a crack in the rocks for himself and his horse when he was being persued by the enemy.
	www.kultur.gov.tr /portal/arkeoloji_en.asp?belgeno=2754 (1082 words)

	Dioskurides Materia Medica
		At Anazarbus, the river twists around a bend and hurries to a red rock, a natural citadel.
		Anazarbus was located along two trade routes leading to Syria and Cappadocia.
		Anazarbus' greatest claim to fame was its son Dioscorides, who sometimes noted that flowers and herbs seemed to grow just a bit better in Cilicia than elsewhere.
	www.tiscalinet.ch /materiamedica/Volltext/Dioskurides.htm (2915 words)

	CILICIA - LoveToKnow Article on CILICIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Through it ran the great highway, between the east and the west, on which stood Tarsus on the Cydnus, Adana on the Sarus, and Mopsuestia (Missis) on the Pyramus.
		North of the road between the two last places were Sision-Flaviopolis (Sis), Anazarbus (Anazarba) and Hierapolis-Kastabala (Budrum); and on the coast were Soli-Pompeiopolis, Mallus (Kara-tash), Aegae (Ayash), Issus, Baiae (Piyas) and Alexandria ad Issum (Alexandretta).
		The great highway from the west, on its long rough descent from the Anatolian plateau to Tarsus, ran through a narrow pass between walls of rock called the CilicianGate,Ghulek Boghaz.
	65.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CI/CILICIA.htm (1173 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Castabala
		This city was situated somewhere on the river Pyramos (now Djihan) in Cilicia, and was also known as Hieropolis.
		It was probably near Osmanié, in the vilayet of Adana, perhaps at Kestel or Kastal, a village five or six miles south of Anazarbus.
		According to Hierocles, Georgius Cyprius, and Parthey's "Notitiae episcopatuum" (I), it was a suffragan of Anazarbus, metropolis of Cilicia Secunda.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03407c.htm (215 words)

	Ancient coinage of Cilicia
		Anazarbus (Anavarza), on the Pyramus, reckoned its era from autumn B.C. 19, in which year it received the title Caesareia.
		Flaviopolis (on the spurs of Mt. Taurus, above Anazarbus), named after Vespasian, who organized the province in 74; era begins in autumn of A.D. 73 or 74.
		Irenopolis, the Eastern city, near Anazarbus, perhaps at Kars Bazar.
	www.snible.org /coins/hn/cilicia.html (5441 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of October 11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		When he was 65, Tarachus was arrested with Andronicus, a patrician from one of the leading families of Ephesus, and Probus, a plebeian born at Side in Pamphylia of a Thracian father who gave up a considerable fortune to follow Christ, at Pompeiopolis in Cilicia during the persecutions of Diocletian and Maximian.
		They remained steadfast in their faith and were ordered thrown to wild beasts in the arena near Anazarbus in Cilicia; when the beasts did not harm them, gladiators killed them by sword.
		Crowds flocked to the amphitheater near the town of Anazarbus.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/1011.htm (7749 words)

	Saints - Andronicus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		There are two accounts of the glorious martyrdom of these three witnesses by blood, the first account being held by Ruinart (Acta Martyrum, ed.
		According to these Acts, Tarachus, a native of Cladiopolis in Isauria, Probus of Side in Pamphylia, and Andronicus, who belonged to a prominent family of Ephesus, were tried and horribly tortured three times in various cities at Tarsus, and at Anazarbus of Cilicia.
		They were then condemned to death by wild beasts, and when the animals would not touch them in the amphitheatre they were put to death with the sword.
	www.scborromeo.org /saints/andronic.htm (279 words)

	Nicephorus Phocas
		In the autumn of 961, Nicephorus, having with him as general Ioannes Tzimisces (Armenian in origin), realized an enormous military campaign, consisting of 200,000 men, aiming to effect final blow against Saracens invaders.
		He liberated Tarsus, Adana, Alexandretta (Iskederum), Dolichi (Doluk), Ierapolis, Anazarbus, Flavioupolis (Sis), (cities of Cilicia), capturing more than 60 fortresses built on the precipitous slopes of Tavrus mountain.
		In an assault on December 23rd 962 he captured Verhia (Chalepion) the capital of Saif Edollach, and the Arab leader nearly fell into the hands of the Greek army.
	members.fortunecity.com /fstav1/emperors/niceph.html (1846 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Anazarbus
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		Anazarbus, a titular metropolitan see of Cilicia (Lesser Armenia), suffragan of Antioch, known also to the ancients as Nova Troas, to the crusaders as Naversa, and to the Arabs as Aïn-Zarba.
		Councils were held there in 431 and 435.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01461a.htm (84 words)

	Wayne G. Sayles, Antiquarian. Selling ancient coins.
		He continues to write a monthly column, "Through the Looking Glass", for The Celator.
		His personal collecting interest is in the Roman Provincial coins of the city of Anazarbus in Cilicia.
		Today, Wayne and his wife Doris operate a small family business in semi-retirement from their home in the Missouri Ozarks.
	www.celator.com /wgs/aboutus.html (476 words)

	CMHSL What is an Herb, panel 2: Vienna Dioscorides
		CMHSL What is an Herb, panel 2: Vienna Dioscorides
		90) was from Anazarbus, a small town near Tarsus in what is now southcentral Turkey.
		As a surgeon with the Roman army of Emperor Nero, Dioscorides traveled through Italy, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa, recording the existence and medicinal value of hundreds of plants.
	www.hsc.virginia.edu /hs-library/historical/herb/vien1.html (349 words)

	Dominican Martyrology:August (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Afterward, they were brought into the city, and buried in the deaconry of St.
		At Anazarbus in Cilicia, St. Marinus, an old man. At the time of the Emperor Diocletian and the governor Lysias, he was flogged, then suspended (from a beam) and mangled.
		He was at last cast to the beasts, and died.
	www.op.org /DomCentral/life/martyr08.htm (9065 words)

	Crusaders, Greeks, and Muslims by Sanderson Beck
		Mistrusting the Normans, Emperor John Comnenus sent an envoy to get Germany's emperor Lothair to attack Roger in Sicily, which he did in 1137.
		That year Emperor John led his army into Cilicia, reconquering Mersin, Tarsus, Adana, Mamistra, Anazarbus, and threatening Antioch.
		Raymond rushed back from Montferrand and promised to give Antioch back to the empire if together they conquered Aleppo, Shaizar, Hamah, and Homs, which he would rule.
	www.san.beck.org /AB18-Crusaders.html (21728 words)

	Byzantine Empire 610-1095 by Sanderson Beck
		After a blockade of eight months the Byzantine troops stormed the Muslim stronghold, killing 200,000 and enslaving as many according to the Arab chronicler Nuwairi.
		In 962 the imperial army led by Nicephorus invaded Cilicia, moving past Tarsus but taking 55 walled towns including Anazarbus, Germaniceia, Raban, Duluk, and the Hamdanid capital at Aleppo, where Saif ad-Daula surrendered after a siege.
		When Romanus II died in March 963, Theaphano as Empress became regent for her two boys Basil II and Constantine VIII.
	www.san.beck.org /AB15-ByzantineEmpire.html (17708 words)

	Auf den Spuren römischer Legionäre
		Es ist schwierig zu sagen, welche Kräuter am meisten gebraucht wurden, das hing ja von den Patienten ab.
		Sicher ist, dass Dioskurides aus Anazarbus (Kleinasien), ein Militärarzt unter den Kaisern Nero und Domitian ein Buch "de materia medicina" hinterlassen hat.
		Wie bekamen die Legionäre in Vindonissa zu essen?
	aula.bias.ch /unterricht/projekte/roemer/fragen.html (3415 words)

	Truth Or Lies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Cydnus inundated Tarsus, covering almost the whole city for many days, and did not subside until it had done irreparable damage.
		Earthquakes destroyed Antioch, the leading city of the East; Seleucia, which is situated nearby; and Anazarbus, most renowned city in Cilicia.
		Who could number those that perished in these metropoles?
	www.cassiopaea.org /cass/truth_or_lies_7b.htm (15865 words)

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