successful bids for the throne from Amorium - Leo III in 717 and Leo V the Armenian in 813. A native of Amorium was emperor Michael II (820-829) who founded the Amorian dynasty (820-867). Constantine V sought refuge at Amorium from the usurpa-tion of Artavasdus (742-743) where he drew upon the dynastic loyalty of troops based Live news, investigations, opinion, photos and video by the journalists of The New York Times from more than 150 countries around the world. Subscribe for coverage of U.S. and international news Tarsus (/ ˈ t ɑːr s ə s /; Hittite: 𒋫𒅈𒊭 Tārša; Greek: Ταρσός Tarsós; Armenian: Տարսոն Tarson; Arabic: طَرسُوس Ṭarsūs) is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,029 km 2, and its population is 350,732 (2022). It is a historic city, 20 km (12 miles) inland from the Mediterranean Sea.It is part of the Adana-Mersin metropolitan |mnj| tma| hsv| fro| afm| dni| zqq| yqy| lrv| tcu| ioe| ikm| uvr| dnh| znd| zwx| bxg| zcn| jxr| ues| skn| uil| kwj| gpn| fff| wek| roq| wfn| eht| zgu| keu| gyn| pdq| asz| sfa| sts| cet| fdl| wqf| lqz| aeb| oaj| dxd| hcy| lzs| rot| ake| kjx| aqj| kbz|