Melitene

[ mel-i-tee-nee ]

/ ˌmɛl ɪˈti ni /

ancient name of Malatya.

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Question 1 of 7

anchorite

Acacius, bishop of Melitene, endeavoured to convert Nestorius.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume 1 (of 16)|Sabine Baring-Gould
Another important road connected Sision with Cocysus and Melitene.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3|Various
He also captured the castles of the mountaineers of Melitene.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol XI.|Edited by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton
Accordingly Valesius concludes that Melitene was not the name of the legion, but of the town in which it was stationed.
Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus|Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Melitene was also the name of the district in which this town was situated.
Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus|Marcus Aurelius Antoninus