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Maximianopolis (Palestine)

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ann ancient city in palestina secunda”. Today it says “ancient city in the roman province of syria palaestina”.
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Maximianopolis ( Ancient Greek : Μαξιμιανόπολις ) was an ancient city in Palaestina Secunda , within the Byzantine Empire . The name Maximianopolis (City of Maximian) was given to it by Diocletian , in honour of his co-emperor Maximian . It was located 17 M.P. from Caesarea and 10 M.P. from Jezreel . The town earlier bore the names Legio and Caporcotani . Its site is near Lejjun , Israel . Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World . Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ann ancient city in palestina secunda”. Today it says “ancient city in the roman province of syria palaestina”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

ann ancient city in palestina secunda

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ancient city in the roman province of syria palaestina

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