Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), M, Melanthius, Melitēné

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Melitēné

（Μελιτηνή). A city and district of Armenia Minor, between the Anti-Taurus and the Euphrates. It was known for its fruit, oil, and wine, and under the Roman Empire was the station of a legion and the capital of the province. Here the Romans defeated the Persians in A.D. 577.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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