Round 6: Tossup 15

Both the Worcester Hunt and the Megalopsychia Hunt floor mosaics were found in this city’s suburb of Daphne. This city’s Church of Cassian displayed a jeweled tunic donated by Justinian I after one of two major sixth-century earthquakes in an anecdote recorded by a chronicler from this city, John Malalas. (10[1])Julian the Apostate wrote the satire Misopogon (10[1])after this city’s Christians made fun of his beard. Khosrow I sacked this city and founded a settlement called “Better-than-” this city (10[1])to deport its population to. This city’s patriarch was part of the Pentarchy along with those of Rome, Alexandria, Jerusalem, and Constantinople. This city on the Orontes River was named for either the father or son of its founder, Seleucus I Nicator. For 10 points, name this city that was the capital of Roman Syria. ■END■

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