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| THE ANONYMOUS PILGRIM OF BORDEAUX (333 A.D.) |
13. The Apostles Peter and Paul |
14. The city of Antioch as represented in the Peutinger map |
15.The headland of Carmel and the Mediterranean sea |
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Here was born the Apostle Paul ( Total from Angora in Galatia to Tarsus 343 miles, [580] 25 changes, 18 halts. Change at Pargais - miles xiii. Frontier of Cilicia and Syria. Halt at Pagrius (Pagrae, Begras) - miles viii. Total from Tarsus in Cilicia to Antioch 141 miles, 10 changes, 7 halts. City of Antiochia (Antioch, Antakia) [pct.14] - miles xvi. Total from Tarsus in Cilicia to Antioch 141 miles, 10 changes, 7 halts. |
[582] Change at Hysdata - miles xi. Halt at Platanus - miles viii. Change at Bacchaiae - miles viii. Halt at Catelae - miles xvi. City of Ladica (Laodicea, Latakieh) - miles xvi. Frontier of Coele Syria and Phoenicia. Change at Maraccae - miles x. Here is a city in the sea, two miles from the shore [ftn.1]. Change at Spiclis - miles xii. Here Helias went up to the widow and begged food for himself ( Change at 'ad Nonum' (at the ninth milestone ?) - miles iv. Total from Antioch to Tyre 174 miles, 20 changes, 11 halts. |
Change at Ecdeppa (Achzib, ez-Zib) - miles xii. City of Ptolemais (Accho, Akka, St. Jean d 'Acre) - miles ix. Change at Calamon - miles xii. Halt at Sycaminos (Haifa) - miles iii. [585] Here is the Mount Carmel [pct.15], where Helias offered sacrifice ( Change at Certa - miles viii. Frontier of Syria, Phoenicia, and Palestine. City of Caesarea Palaestina (Kaisarieh), that is, Judaea - miles viii. Total from Tyre to Caesarea Palaestina 73 miles, 2 changes, 3 halts. [follows] |
Footnote1. The ruins of the city of Aradus are still exant on the island of Ruad, situated in front of Antaradus, now Tartus (Syria). back |
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