Melitene

[ mel-i-tee-nee ]

/ ˌmɛl ɪˈti ni /

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ancient name of Malatya.

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Another important road connected Sision with Cocysus and Melitene.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3|Various
Acacius, bishop of Melitene, endeavoured to convert Nestorius.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume 1 (of 16)|Sabine Baring-Gould
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

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