Melitene
[mel-i-tee-nee]
- ancient name of Malatya.
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Acacius, bishop of Melitene, endeavoured to convert Nestorius.
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He also captured the castles of the mountaineers of Melitene.
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Melitene was also the name of the district in which this town was situated.
Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius AntoninusMarcus Aurelius Antoninus
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 AntoninusMarcus Aurelius Antoninus
Another important road connected Sision with Cocysus and Melitene.