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3. BRIA. 579
is placed to correspond to Pepouza and Bria. I deserted this view
for a time, taking Oikokome, which was grouped in the same bishopric
with Justinianopolis-Pepouza, as a grecized form of the name Vicus r,
a village of the Siblian country, and Justinianopolis as the great
fortress of Khorna. But, as M. Radet rightly says, the occurrence of
both Justinianopolis and Siblia in the hist of Leo is a strong objection
to my late theory; my opinion that in several cases an old bishopric
had been by pure carelessness left standing in the later Notitiae in
addition to the later bishopric (e. g. Justinianopolis and also Siblia,
Flaviopolis Ciliciae and also Sis) is in itself improbable; and several
of my examples are failing me, as my studies grow more complete.
I must therefore beg the reader to make some changes in Ch. VI
§ 8, to eliminate the name Justinianopolis2 (leaving the historical
theory unchanged, for the importance of the fortress Khoma remains
unaffected3, and its early history as a fortress is attested by
Cinnamus).
§ 4. The Hobse-Road to the East. This route has played a con-
siderable part in history; but it is very obscure, and little notice
has been taken of it. In 1883 Sterrett and I, while exploring the
Eumenian valley, first heard of the route across Duz-Bel; and we
were told that it was the short road for travellers from Philadelpheia
to the east. Soon afterwards while riding south across Banaz-Ova
from Kalin-Kilisa to Avgan, we crossed a broad track leading E., and
learned that it went from Philadelpheia to Ishekli (Eumeneia) and
over Duz-Bel. In 1886 I attempted to show how important the route
over Duz-Bel was in the later Byzantine time; and the theory which
I then sketched out4 formed (with some improvements) the foundation
for Ch. VI §§ 7-10 of the present work. In 1893 the importance which
this route had in the travels of St. Paul became clear to me5; and
a glance at any map shows how direct a path is afforded by it from
Ephesos to Pisidian Antioch, while it is far more pleasant for a horse-
man or a foot-traveller than the great Trade-route, which keeps on
a much lower level in its western stages. In studying M. Radet's
1 Grecized as fin'm-os in an insor. of Khoma originated not so early as Jus-
Smyrna Mous. Smyrn. no.fj'(i875p. UI)> tinian's time, but rather in the Icono-
Amer. Jown. Archaeol. I p. 141. This clast period, when the defences against
identification of Oikokome with Vicus Arab raids were strengthened.
is accepted by M. Radet. * Amer. Joum. Arch. II p. 123.
2 Read Khoma-Soublaion for Justini- 5 Church in S. E. pp. 93 f: the Apo-
anopolis, and Vicus instead of Vicus- stle's route is stated hypothetically in
Oikokome. ed. I, clearly and decidedly in ed. II
3 I should now suppose, however, that and later.
Q 2
is placed to correspond to Pepouza and Bria. I deserted this view
for a time, taking Oikokome, which was grouped in the same bishopric
with Justinianopolis-Pepouza, as a grecized form of the name Vicus r,
a village of the Siblian country, and Justinianopolis as the great
fortress of Khorna. But, as M. Radet rightly says, the occurrence of
both Justinianopolis and Siblia in the hist of Leo is a strong objection
to my late theory; my opinion that in several cases an old bishopric
had been by pure carelessness left standing in the later Notitiae in
addition to the later bishopric (e. g. Justinianopolis and also Siblia,
Flaviopolis Ciliciae and also Sis) is in itself improbable; and several
of my examples are failing me, as my studies grow more complete.
I must therefore beg the reader to make some changes in Ch. VI
§ 8, to eliminate the name Justinianopolis2 (leaving the historical
theory unchanged, for the importance of the fortress Khoma remains
unaffected3, and its early history as a fortress is attested by
Cinnamus).
§ 4. The Hobse-Road to the East. This route has played a con-
siderable part in history; but it is very obscure, and little notice
has been taken of it. In 1883 Sterrett and I, while exploring the
Eumenian valley, first heard of the route across Duz-Bel; and we
were told that it was the short road for travellers from Philadelpheia
to the east. Soon afterwards while riding south across Banaz-Ova
from Kalin-Kilisa to Avgan, we crossed a broad track leading E., and
learned that it went from Philadelpheia to Ishekli (Eumeneia) and
over Duz-Bel. In 1886 I attempted to show how important the route
over Duz-Bel was in the later Byzantine time; and the theory which
I then sketched out4 formed (with some improvements) the foundation
for Ch. VI §§ 7-10 of the present work. In 1893 the importance which
this route had in the travels of St. Paul became clear to me5; and
a glance at any map shows how direct a path is afforded by it from
Ephesos to Pisidian Antioch, while it is far more pleasant for a horse-
man or a foot-traveller than the great Trade-route, which keeps on
a much lower level in its western stages. In studying M. Radet's
1 Grecized as fin'm-os in an insor. of Khoma originated not so early as Jus-
Smyrna Mous. Smyrn. no.fj'(i875p. UI)> tinian's time, but rather in the Icono-
Amer. Jown. Archaeol. I p. 141. This clast period, when the defences against
identification of Oikokome with Vicus Arab raids were strengthened.
is accepted by M. Radet. * Amer. Joum. Arch. II p. 123.
2 Read Khoma-Soublaion for Justini- 5 Church in S. E. pp. 93 f: the Apo-
anopolis, and Vicus instead of Vicus- stle's route is stated hypothetically in
Oikokome. ed. I, clearly and decidedly in ed. II
3 I should now suppose, however, that and later.
Q 2