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Amorium
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Latin
Alternative forms
la Amorion
Etymology
la Amorium :der grc:Ἀ̆μόρῐον + 1
Pronunciation
Amorium 1
Proper noun
Amorium<2.loc>
la historical la city p/Phrygia cont/Asia Minor Amorium, Amorion, legendary birthplace of Aesop, growing into significance in the Hellenistic and Byzantine eras until destroyed by the Arab Sack of Amorium in 838; home of the famed 42 Martyrs of Amorium executed for refusing to submit to Islam in 845; now in modern-day Turkey
Declension
Amorium<2.loc>
Descendants
en Amorium
References
la Byzantine Empire Cities in Turkey