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ad_fw-la armeniam_fw-la etc._n etc._n yet_o in_o ptolemy_n time_n and_o after_o as_o we_o may_v gather_v from_o ammianus_n it_o may_v seem_v to_o have_v stretch_v its_o name_n so_o far_o south_n into_o mesopotamia_n as_o to_o reach_v the_o place_n about_o edessa_n for_o batne_n municipium_fw-la so_o high_o extol_v for_o the_o admirable_a delightfulness_n of_o the_o place_n by_o the_o pen_n of_o julian_n the_o apostate_n be_v by_o ammianus_n seat_v in_o anthemusia_n and_o that_o the_o grecian_n after_o they_o have_v conquer_v the_o east_n do_v in_o this_o manner_n change_v the_o old_a name_n of_o this_o country_n into_o another_o of_o their_o own_o language_n yet_o the_o same_o in_o signification_n we_o may_v be_v assure_v from_o cornelius_n tacitus_n who_o mention_v some_o of_o the_o city_n within_o this_o province_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n anthemusias_n remember_v also_o by_o pliny_n under_o the_o name_n of_o anthemusia_n lib._n 5._o c._n 25._o and_o anthemus_n lib._n 2._o c._n 26._o which_o we_o may_v well_o
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