Isauria

British  

/ aɪˈsɔːrɪə /

noun

1. an ancient district of S central Asia Minor, chiefly on the N slopes of the W Taurus Mountains

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Isauria

Most Rev. Francesco Marchetti-Selvaggiani, 58, titular archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria, secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of Faith.

From Time Magazine Archive

Isauria and Egypt he visited in the character of a conqueror, Gaul in the character of a deliverer.

From The Caesars by Thomas De Quincey

Nor the Tribune either with his cavalry from Africa and his mercenaries from Isauria.

From Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 by Felix Dahn

Of such adventurers, the most fortunate was the emperor Leo the Third, who, from the mountains of Isauria, ascended the throne of the East.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 by Henry Hart Milman

To the north of Capadocia is the plain called Temisere, and betwixt Capadocia and lesser Asia are Cilicia and Isauria.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr