mountain_n olympus_n which_o from_o the_o mysian_n be_v call_v g_o 32._o moesius_n or_o mysius_n and_o the_o h_o 571.574.576_o mysian_n from_o it_o again_o receive_v the_o surname_n of_o olympeni_n that_o which_o i_o 2._o ptolemy_n call_v the_o lesser_a mysia_n the_o chief_a city_n whereof_o be_v cyzicus_n reach_v from_o that_o mountain_n westward_o unto_o the_o river_n aesepus_n and_o there_o join_v with_o the_o northern_a part_n of_o epictetus_n or_o the_o lesser_a phrygia_n caria_n be_v part_v from_o lydia_n by_o the_o wind_a current_n maeander_n from_o the_o receive_n of_o the_o river_n lycus_n into_o it_o unto_o the_o empty_n of_o itself_o into_o the_o myrtoan_a sea_n for_o howsoever_o ptolemy_n take_v all_o that_o lie_v betwixt_o this_o and_o the_o river_n cayster_n from_o lydia_n and_o add_v it_o unto_o caria_n yet_o k_o 517._o strabo_n make_v maeander_n to_o be_v the_o limit_n betwixt_o those_o province_n and_o aswell_o by_o scylax_n caryandensis_fw-la in_o his_o periplus_n 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that_o he_o comprehend_v they_o under_o the_o name_n of_o mysia_n and_o lydia_n in_o which_o we_o see_v adramyttium_n and_o all_o the_o other_o city_n downward_o unto_o ephesus_n to_o be_v place_v by_o scylax_n in_o his_o periplus_n chap._n ii_o of_o the_o lydian_a asia_n and_o the_o seven_o metropolitical_a city_n thereof_o that_o heretofore_o lydia_n be_v call_v meonia_n and_o the_o lydian_n term_v meonians_n we_o read_v in_o a_o 7._o herodotus_n b_o 4._o diodorus_n siculus_n c_o peâ—â—egesi_n dionysius_n afer_n d_o 586._o strabo_n e_o 29._o pliny_n f_o maeonia_n stephanus_n byzantinus_n and_o other_o and_o that_o g_o 6â—7_n meonia_n be_v in_o the_o day_n of_o homer_n name_v asia_n and_o the_o inhabitant_n thereof_o by_o callinus_n another_o poet_n h_o 648._o elder_a than_o archilochus_n in_o the_o ionian_a dialect_n term_v for_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o for_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o or_o 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all_o such_o kind_n of_o rarity_n k_o 803._o claudius_n salmasius_n wherein_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o hellespont_n aeolis_n jonia_n and_o lydia_n be_v include_v in_o aswell_o as_o the_o great_a phrygia_n and_o caria_n be_v exclude_v from_o the_o asia_n then_o proper_o so_o call_v whence_o that_o new_a addition_n of_o hellespont_n be_v put_v aside_o the_o remain_n will_v prove_v to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o which_o a_o little_a before_o be_v style_v by_o eunapius_n the_o asia_n now_o proper_o so_o call_v in_o the_o day_n of_o arcadius_n the_o son_n and_o successor_n of_o the_o foresay_a theodosius_n this_o addition_n of_o hellespont_n to_o the_o jurisdiction_n be_v much_o abate_v by_o the_o detraction_n of_o the_o main_a inland_n part_n of_o lydia_n from_o the_o body_n of_o the_o proconsular_a asia_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o l_o {non-roman}_o palladius_n speak_v of_o the_o asian_a synod_n of_o seventy_o bishop_n hold_v by_o chrysostom_n in_o the_o ccccii._n year_n 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as_o for_o the_o subscription_n of_o the_o first_o council_n of_o nice_a both_o those_o which_o be_v find_v in_o some_o latin_a book_n and_o those_o greek_a one_o that_o have_v be_v late_o publish_v m_o 128._o out_o of_o sambucus_n his_o copy_n they_o be_v quite_o dissonant_n the_o one_o from_o the_o other_o and_o have_v in_o both_o of_o they_o diverse_a manifest_a token_n of_o forgery_n and_o corruption_n do_v deserve_v here_o no_o regard_n at_o all_o yet_o in_o this_o distraction_n of_o lydia_n from_o the_o proconsular_a asia_n it_o appear_v aswell_o by_o n_o 27._o the_o civil_a and_o o_o 90._o ecclesiastical_a list_n of_o the_o province_n of_o the_o eastern_a empire_n record_v by_o the_o grecian_n as_o by_o the_o p_o etc._n subscription_n of_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n and_o other_o of_o the_o eastern_a synod_n that_o the_o southern_a part_n of_o lydia_n lie_v betwixt_o the_o river_n of_o maeander_n and_o cayster_n which_o we_o note_v to_o have_v be_v attribute_v by_o ptolemy_n unto_o caria_n and_o wherein_o be_v the_o city_n of_o priene_n magnesia_n trallis_n and_o nysa_n be_v still_o reserve_v unto_o asia_n together_o with_o all_o that_o lay_v upon_o the_o sea-coast_n from_o ephesus_n upward_o not_o only_o unto_o pitane_n and_o the_o mouth_n of_o caicus_n which_o we_o show_v to_o have_v be_v a_o parcel_n of_o the_o lydian_a asia_n but_o also_o unto_o assos_n and_o the_o promontory_n of_o lectum_fw-la which_o be_v possess_v first_o by_o the_o mysian_n then_o by_o the_o lydian_n and_o last_o by_o the_o aeolian_n for_o that_o this_o also_o at_o least_o wise_a from_o antandrus_n downward_o be_v sometime_o account_v as_o a_o appendent_a unto_o lydia_n may_v be_v gather_v partly_o from_o the_o word_n of_o g_o perâ—plo_n scylax_n caryandensis_fw-la though_o here_o corrupt_v partly_o from_o the_o testimony_n of_o xenophon_n who_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o and_o his_o company_n r_o 7._o depart_v from_o antandrus_n pass_v by_o the_o sea_n side_n of_o lydia_n unto_o the_o plain_n of_o thebes_n and_o through_o it_o unto_o adramyttium_n compare_v with_o strabo_n relate_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n that_o the_o former_a s_o 613._o inhabitant_n of_o the_o plain_n of_o thebes_n be_v the_o lydian_n then_o call_v meones_n and_o that_o it_o in_o his_o time_n the_o name_n of_o the_o lydian_a gate_n be_v still_o preserve_v in_o adramyttium_n as_o a_o memorial_n of_o the_o build_n of_o that_o city_n by_o the_o lydian_n although_o yet_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o galen_n and_o eunapius_n we_o begin_v our_o lydian_a asia_n from_o the_o river_n caïcus_fw-la and_o pergamus_n those_o other_o place_n of_o atarna_n thebes_n adramyttium_n and_o antandrus_n be_v by_o u_o 5._o herodotus_n also_o refer_v to_o mysia_n and_o not_o to_o lydia_n to_o conclude_v therefore_o the_o various_a alteration_n of_o the_o limit_n of_o the_o proconsular_a asia_n as_o we_o have_v refer_v ptolemy_n asia_n proper_o so_o call_v to_o the_o proconsular_a asia_n as_o it_o be_v 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therein_o a_o diocese_n in_o the_o language_n of_o the_o time_n whereof_o we_o speak_v be_v a_o 9_o a_o circuit_n comprehend_v within_o it_o many_o province_n and_o the_o asian_a diocese_n in_o that_o sense_n sometime_o take_v more_o strict_o as_o it_o be_v distinguish_v from_o the_o proconsular_a asia_n and_o the_o province_n subject_a to_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o proconsul_n thereof_o and_o sometime_o more_o large_o as_o contain_v those_o proconsular_a province_n also_o under_o it_o the_o former_a acception_n have_v place_n in_o that_o constitution_n of_o theodosius_n the_o elder_a wheâ—e_n b_o est_fw-la the_o proconsular_a asia_n and_o the_o asian_a diocese_n be_v both_o nominate_v together_o and_o general_o where_o ever_o the_o office_n of_o the_o vicarius_fw-la or_o c_o 2._o comes_fw-la for_o these_o two_o title_n be_v use_v d_o fugitiv_fw-mi to_o signify_v the_o same_o dignity_n of_o asia_n or_o the_o asian_a diocese_n or_o e_o designatur_fw-la region_n as_o julianus_n antecessor_n render_v it_o be_v make_v mention_n of_o the_o latter_a when_o the_o asian_a be_v rehearse_v joinct_o with_o other_o diocese_n of_o the_o eastern_a empire_n as_o in_o l._n si_fw-la quis_fw-la post_fw-la hanc_fw-la c_o ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la ad_fw-la suum_fw-la patrocin_n and_o l._n provinciae_fw-la thraciar·_n c._n de_fw-la militari_fw-la veste_fw-la according_a to_o which_o acception_n whole_a f_o 28._o asia_n as_o theodoret_n call_v it_o in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o young_a theodosius_n do_v consist_v of_o eleven_o province_n g_o impetu_fw-la three_o whereof_o appertain_v to_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o proconsul_n of_o asia_n the_o proper_a proconsular_n which_o he_o govern_v by_o himself_o the_o consular_a hellespont_n and_o that_o of_o the_o rhodes_n and_o the_o other_o scatter_a island_n call_v cyclades_n which_o be_v first_o h_o breviario_fw-la make_v a_o province_n and_o place_v under_o a_o i_o â—ausa_fw-la precedent_n by_o the_o emperor_n vespasian_n k_o provinciar·_n eight_o be_v under_o the_o vicarius_fw-la or_o lieutenant_n of_o asia_n lydia_n caria_n phrygia_n pacatiana_n and_o phrygia_n salutaris_fw-la with_o those_o four_o other_o which_o be_v superadd_v to_o that_o proper_a asia_n of_o the_o ancient_a roman_n whereof_o we_o make_v mention_n in_o the_o beginning_n out_o of_o strabo_n and_o cicero_n namely_o pamphylia_n lycia_n lycaonia_n and_o pisidia_n this_o distribution_n be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o the_o latin_a list_n of_o the_o province_n and_o dignity_n of_o both_o the_o empire_n call_v by_o l_o 13._o alciat_n the_o breviary_n of_o theodosius_n the_o young_a m_o 14._o by_o who_o lycia_n be_v divide_v from_o lycaonia_n and_o make_v a_o province_n by_o itself_o myra_n be_v appoint_v the_o metropolis_n and_o place_n of_o the_o residence_n of_o the_o precedent_n thereof_o as_o johannes_n malela_n set_v down_o in_o his_o chronicle_n which_o report_n of_o his_o if_o we_o admit_v for_o authentic_a we_o must_v withal_o say_v that_o 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nominate_v rufinus_n bishop_n not_o timi_n as_o the_o latin_a book_n