BACTAIALLA
BACTAIALLA (
Βακταϊαλλά,
Ptol. 5.15, Bactaiali, Peut. Tab.), a town of Syria.
According to the Peutinger Tables, 27 M. P. from Antioch.
The plain of Bectileth (
Βαικτιλαέθ, Judith 2.21), which the Assyrian army reached in three days' journey from Nineveh, has been connected with this place. (Mannert,
Geog. vi. pt. 1. p. 456; Winer,
Bib. Real. Wort. s. v.)
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