Round 7: 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 (10[1])after one of two major sixth-century earthquakes in an anecdote recorded by a chronicler (-5[1])from this city, John Malalas. (10[1])Julian the Apostate wrote the satire Misopogon after this city’s Christians (10[1])made fun of his beard. Khosrow I sacked this city and founded a (10[1])settlement called “Better-than-” (10[1])this city to deport (10[1])its population to. This city’s patriarch was part of the Pentarchy along with those of Rome, Alexandria, (10[1])Jerusalem, and Constantinople. (10[3])This city on the Orontes River was named for either the (10[1])father or son of its founder, Seleucus I Nicator. (10[1])For 10 points, name this city that was the capital of Roman Syria. ■END■

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