Mopsucrene

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'''Mopsucrene''' or '''Mopsoukrene''' () was a town in the eastern part of [[ancient Cilicia]], on the river [[Cydnus]], and not far from the frontier of [[Cataonia]] to which [[Ptolemy]], in fact, assigns it.<ref></ref> Its site was on the southern slope of [[Mount Taurus]], and in the neighbourhood of the mountain pass leading from Cilicia into [[ancient Cappadocia|Cappadocia]], north of [[Tarsus, Mersin|Tarsus]]. It is celebrated in history as the place where the emperor [[Constantius]] died in 361.<ref>Sozom. 5.1; Philostorg. 6.5; Eutrop. 10.7; Amm. Marc. 21.29.</ref> In the [[Antonine Itinerary]], it is called '''Namsucrone'''; in the [[Jerusalem Itinerary]], it is called '''Mansverine'''. Its site was like the same as the settlement and ''[[mutatio]]'' called [[Mapsoukrenai]].<ref name=Barrington></ref><ref></ref>

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[[Category:Populated places in ancient Cilicia]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Turkey]]
[[Category:Roman towns and cities in Turkey]]
[[Category:Populated places of the Byzantine Empire]]
[[Category:History of Mersin Province]]

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