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- proper noun historical a rugged isolated district in the interior of South
Asia Minor ; famous for its bandits
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The bishops of the East were directed to meet at Seleucia, in Isauria; while those of the West held their deliberations at Rimini, on the coast of the Hadriatic; and instead of two or three deputies from each province, the whole episcopal body was ordered to march.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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The obscure rebellion of Trebellianus, who assumed the purple in Isauria, a petty province of Asia Minor, was attended with strange and memorable consequences.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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It is bordered on its right by Isauria, which is equally fertile in vines and in many kinds of grain.
The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Ammianus Marcellinus 1851
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The replica (218 bones) is named "Isauria", apparently because one of the first high school students to view it was overheard to say that it looked just like Isaura, one of their fellow students!
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The replica (218 bones) is named "Isauria", apparently because one of the first high school students to view it was overheard to say that it looked just like Isaura, one of their fellow students!
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This new governing area, established in 25 B.C., contained the southern districts of, Lycaconia and Isauria as well as a great portion of Phrygia, Pisidia, Iconium, Derbe, and Lystra.
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There is a little bit of information regarding the names of Isauria in an article in "Anatolian Studies" the 1997 issue - Volume XLVII, p.43 by Tyler Jo Smith called "Votive Reliefs From Balboura And Its Environs."
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The 2004 issue which my nearby university just got also has an article in it by N.P. Milner of the University of London about some personal names that were used in East Phrygia, Lycia, Pisidia and Isauria during the Roman period.
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Isauria, whiche hath for the chief citie Seleucia.
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ANASTASIUS I (b. 431), emperor of the east, married Zeno's widow and removed the Isaurians from power, thus causing a serious revolt in Isauria (suppressed only in 497).
493, Feb. 27 2001
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