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Barbarikon was the name of a port near the modern-day city of Karachi, Pakistan, important in the Hellenistic era in Indian Ocean trade.
It is also a Greek version of the term Barbaricum, designating areas outside civilization and/or the Roman Empire.
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www.yotor.org /wiki/en/ba/Barbarikon.htm   (70 words)

  
 Saint Luke Orthodox Church - Ministries - Community
Rom 1:14) and the Acts of the Apostles call the inhabitants of Malta 'barbarians', even though the island was part of the Empire, simply because the local language was Punic.
As regards the _expression to barbarikon, it is certainly the case that this _expression can be used to refer to territories outside the limits of the Empire, and it is in this sense that the term is used, for example, in the Canon 63 (52) of the Council of Carthage.
There it is said that in Mauritania there were no councils because that country was located at the very edge of the Empire and borders on barbarian land (to barbariko parakeitai).
www.stlukeorthodox.com /html/currentissues/diaspora.cfm   (3128 words)

  
 St. Andrew House :: A Pan Orthodox institution dedicated to Orthodox Unity
The Acts of the Apostles (28:2,4) describe the people in the Melita island as “barbarous” in spite of the fact that this island was part of the empire, only because they spoke Poeni.
As far as the term “barbarikon” is concerned, it meant in fact territories outside the
In this sense this world is used, for instance, in Canon 52 of the Council of Carthage stating that there were no councils in Maritania because this land “is situated in the confines of Africa, for they are neighbors of the barbarians” (to barbariko parakeete).
www.orthodoxdetroit.com /orthodoxunity.htm   (7945 words)

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