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8. THE SIBLIANOI. 227
In the condition of the Byzantine empire, the great fortresses
necessarily became the governing centres of the country. The Siblian
fortress Justinianopolis therefore must have speedily eclipsed the once
powerful Apameia; and the road connecting the former with the
east and the west became important, while the route by Apameia
was forgotten. I have not found any reference to Apameia in the
Byzantine period, except that its bishops were present at councils
in 553, 787, and perhaps 879 \ It is mentioned in the latest Notitiae ;
but even bishoprics which had long passed into Turkish hands were
still kept on the lists.
§ 10. Lampe. A place named Lampe rose to notice in the later
Byzantine time. Ducas, after marching from the Lycos valley in
1092, traversed Khoma, i.e. the Theme, and came to Lampe2. Again
in 1176 Manuel advanced from the Lycos by Lampe3 to Khoma (i.e.
the central fortress refortified in the preceding year). These references
point to the ancient Christian village, whose remains were observed
by my friend Mr. Walker in making the cuttings for the railway
beside Evjiler, a few miles beyond Appa (and only a little way off
the direct road to Apameia).
When Lampe is thus placed, we see more precisely the force of
Cinnamus's words p. 298, that Manuel, coming from the north (pro-
bably from the Khyndakos Ch. I § 10). traversed the plains towards
Lampe and fortified Siblia: Lampe marked the end of the great
Eumenian plain opposite the point where Manuel entered it; and
therefore ' he crossed the plains that extend towards Lampe' (ray kirl
AdfnrrjS SieXdwv TreStdSas).
One fact might throw doubt on this identification: Nicetas seems
to place Lampe at Kelainai4. But we may compare the error made
by Cinnamus °, who puts Siblia at the sources of the Maeander. It
Kias Kal Xqi/xotos Anna I 171. The same Maeander valley, halted at Lampe, re-
general could not have commanded stored to them all their property, and
hoth themata unless their territories settled them beside Philomelion in the
were contiguous. village now called Permenda or Giaour-
1 It is impossible to be certain about Keui, see pp. 16, 23.
879 : Theognostos, Theodoros, and So- 3 On the name, which is common,
phron, all of Apameia, were present. see note p. 228.
Two of these were probably the Photian 4 rrpos Adp-rrriv (Ad/i-mv in the Bonn
and Ignatian bishops of Bithynian Apa- text should be corrected) 1W0 nal ttuXiv
meia; the third may belong to the KeXnivds 'ivQa tov NlaiJvhpov ck/SoXcu k.t.X.
Pisidian (Phrygian) Apameia. p. 230.
2 See Ch. I § 9. He went on to Poly- 6 nepi -rrpiiTas ttov toD Mmdvhpov eKftoXds
botos. Again the Sultan of Iconium, p. 298.
returning with his captives from the
Q 2
In the condition of the Byzantine empire, the great fortresses
necessarily became the governing centres of the country. The Siblian
fortress Justinianopolis therefore must have speedily eclipsed the once
powerful Apameia; and the road connecting the former with the
east and the west became important, while the route by Apameia
was forgotten. I have not found any reference to Apameia in the
Byzantine period, except that its bishops were present at councils
in 553, 787, and perhaps 879 \ It is mentioned in the latest Notitiae ;
but even bishoprics which had long passed into Turkish hands were
still kept on the lists.
§ 10. Lampe. A place named Lampe rose to notice in the later
Byzantine time. Ducas, after marching from the Lycos valley in
1092, traversed Khoma, i.e. the Theme, and came to Lampe2. Again
in 1176 Manuel advanced from the Lycos by Lampe3 to Khoma (i.e.
the central fortress refortified in the preceding year). These references
point to the ancient Christian village, whose remains were observed
by my friend Mr. Walker in making the cuttings for the railway
beside Evjiler, a few miles beyond Appa (and only a little way off
the direct road to Apameia).
When Lampe is thus placed, we see more precisely the force of
Cinnamus's words p. 298, that Manuel, coming from the north (pro-
bably from the Khyndakos Ch. I § 10). traversed the plains towards
Lampe and fortified Siblia: Lampe marked the end of the great
Eumenian plain opposite the point where Manuel entered it; and
therefore ' he crossed the plains that extend towards Lampe' (ray kirl
AdfnrrjS SieXdwv TreStdSas).
One fact might throw doubt on this identification: Nicetas seems
to place Lampe at Kelainai4. But we may compare the error made
by Cinnamus °, who puts Siblia at the sources of the Maeander. It
Kias Kal Xqi/xotos Anna I 171. The same Maeander valley, halted at Lampe, re-
general could not have commanded stored to them all their property, and
hoth themata unless their territories settled them beside Philomelion in the
were contiguous. village now called Permenda or Giaour-
1 It is impossible to be certain about Keui, see pp. 16, 23.
879 : Theognostos, Theodoros, and So- 3 On the name, which is common,
phron, all of Apameia, were present. see note p. 228.
Two of these were probably the Photian 4 rrpos Adp-rrriv (Ad/i-mv in the Bonn
and Ignatian bishops of Bithynian Apa- text should be corrected) 1W0 nal ttuXiv
meia; the third may belong to the KeXnivds 'ivQa tov NlaiJvhpov ck/SoXcu k.t.X.
Pisidian (Phrygian) Apameia. p. 230.
2 See Ch. I § 9. He went on to Poly- 6 nepi -rrpiiTas ttov toD Mmdvhpov eKftoXds
botos. Again the Sultan of Iconium, p. 298.
returning with his captives from the
Q 2