Round 8: 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, (10[1])John Malalas. Julian the Apostate wrote the satire Misopogon (10[1])after this city’s Christians made fun of his beard. Khosrow I sacked this city (10[1])and founded a settlement called “Better-than-” this city to deport its population to. This city’s patriarch was part of the Pentarchy (10[1])along with those of Rome, Alexandria, Jerusalem, and Constantinople. (10[1])This (10[1])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■ (0[2])

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