Samosata
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
SAMOSATA s mos t , ancient city of N Syria, on the Euphrates. It was founded c.150 b.c. as the capital of the Commagene kingdom. Taken by the Romans in a.d. 72, it was of some importance in later Roman times. The Arabs took it in the 7th cent. Lucian was born there. ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press...