Camisa

Camisa or Kamisa (Ancient Greek: τὰ Κάμισα), also known as Comassa and possibly as Eumeis, was a town of Lesser Armenia on the upper Halys River, east of modern Sivas, where the toponym survived into modern times as Kemiş.[1][2][3] It was inhabited during Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine times.[2] It loaned its name to the surrounding district of Camisene or Comisene; the fortress predated the building campaigns of Mithridates VI Eupator. Camisa was destroyed in Strabo's time, likely by Pompey in 66 BC.[4] Following the Roman reorganization of the region, Mark Antony granted Kamisa and its surrounding district to Ateporix, a Galatian nobleman, who ruled until around 3 BC, after which the city was refounded as Sebastopolis.[1] Salt was mined here in antiquity.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Roller, Duane W. A Historical and Topographical Guide to the Geography of Strabo. Cambridge University Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1-316-85315-3. p. 715.
  2. ^ a b Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
  3. ^ a b Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  4. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xi. p. 528, xii. p. 560. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Camisa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

39°50′45″N 37°24′04″E / 39.845769°N 37.401155°E / 39.845769; 37.401155


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