Ἀνάζαρβον
Anazarbos, Anazarbus
Translated by Jennifer Benedict29 Mar 2001Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
Nerva, emperor of the Romans,1 when Diocaesarea, which is in Cilicia, had been destroyed by an earthquake, sent a senator named Anazarbos;2 he rebuilt [the city], once called Kyinda, then Diocaesarea, and called it Anazarbos from his own name.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀνάζαρβον· ὅτι Νέρβας βασιλεὺς Ῥωμαίων κατενεχθείσης ὑπὸ σεισμοῦ Διοκαισαρείας, τῆς ἐν Κιλικίᾳ κειμένης, ἔπεμψε συγκλητι- κὸν, ὀνόματι Ἀνάζαρβον, ὃς ἀνοικοδομήσας αὐτὴν, πάλαι λεγομένην Κύϊνδαν, εἶτα Διοκαισάρειαν, ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου ὀνόματος ἐκάλεσεν Ἀνάζαρβον.
Betacode
*)ana/zarbon: o(/ti *ne/rbas basileu\s *(rwmai/wn katenexqei/shs u(po\ seismou= *diokaisarei/as, th=s e)n *kiliki/a| keime/nhs, e)/pemye sugklhti- ko\n, o)no/mati *)ana/zarbon, o(\s a)noikodomh/sas au)th\n, pa/lai legome/nhn *ku/i+ndan, ei)=ta *diokaisa/reian, e)k tou= i)di/ou o)no/matos e)ka/lesen *)ana/zarbon.
Notes (2)
- Anazarbos (Barrington Atlas map 67 grid B2) was a city in south-central Asia Minor, near the present-day village of Dilekkaya, Adana Province, modern Turkey. Alternative names for this city are Caesarea, Ioustinianoupolis, Ioustinoupolis, [Justinianopolis, Justinopolis], and Agrippias.↩
The Suda follows the account given by John Malalas Chronographia X.53 Thurn (202-203), which is evidently the source of the entry; cf. Jeffreys et al. (141). The material summarily reappears under delta 1154 and kappa 2625.- 1Reigned 96-98 (nu 252). ↩
- 2Malalas (op. cit.) gives the senator's name as Zarbos. He had planned to name the city Nerva, but the emperor died before the reconstruction was complete. It was then decided to name the city Anazarbos ("dedicated to Zarbos"). Stephanus of Byzantium Ethnica s.v. Anazarba knows both the city and its "founder" as Anazarba, but gives no history and no alternative names.
References
J. Thurn, ed., Ioannis Malalae Chronographia, (Berlin 2000)
E. Jeffreys, M. Jeffreys, and R. Scott, trans., The Chronicle of John Malalas, (Leiden 1986)
E. Jeffreys, M. Jeffreys, and R. Scott, trans., The Chronicle of John Malalas, (Leiden 1986)
Linked from3 entries
- α571ἈέτιοςAetios, AetiusFrom Antioch in Syria, the teacher of Eunomios, he happened [to be] of poor and lower-class parentage. His father was one of those in the army who were faring rather poorly; when he had just sent that son away, he died.…
- δ1154ΔιοκαισάρειαDiokaisareia, DiocaesareaThe city in Cilicia which is now called Anazarba, but formerly it was called Kyinda. See also under Anazarba.
- δ1206ΔιοσκορίδηςDioskorides, DioscoridesOf Anazarbos; a doctor, nicknamed Moley because of the moles on his eyes. He associated with Cleopatra during Antony's time. And written by him are 24 books, famous medical works all.
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Revision history10 revisions · last 1 Jul 2026
- corrected reference principal note — Ronald Allen
- rearranged notes, added note and bibliography — Ronald Allen
- added map reference — Ronald Allen
- x-ref; tweaking — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- changed bracketed name form to enable searches to find names. — Nicholas Fincher
- added note — Nicholas Fincher
- added notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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- Translated — Jennifer Benedict