Samos'ata (mod. Samisat), the capital till 73 A.D. of the Syrian kingdom of Commagene, on the Euphrates, 130 miles NNE. of Aleppo. It was the birthplace of Lucian and of Paul of Samosata (q.v.).
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 134
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