ΚΕΝΤΡΟΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗΣ ΑΙ ΚΡΩΜΑΪΚΗΣ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΤΗΤΟΣ ΩΝ ΝΜΑ ΟΝ ΥΚΥΕΙΡΝΡΔΘΕΕΙ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITY NATIONAL HELLENIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION ΜΕΛΕΤΗΜΑΤΑ YIANNIS E. MEIMARIS IN COLLABORATION WITH K. KRITÎKAKOU and P. BOUGIA CHRONOLOGICAL SYSTEMS IN ROMAN-BYZANTINE PALESTINE AND ARABIA THE EVIDENCE OF THE DATED GREEK INSCRIPTIONS ATHENS 1992 DIFFUSION DE BOCCARD - 11, RUE DE MEDICIS, 75006 PARIS L. Gounaropoulou, M. Β. Hatzopoulos, Les Milliaires de la Voie Egnatienne entre Héraclée des Lyncestes et Thessalonique(MEAETHMATA 1; Athens 1985) Y.E. Meimaris, Sacred Names, Saints, Martyrs and Church Officials in the Greek Inscriptions and Papyri Pertaining to the Christian Church of Palestine (ΤΑΑΜΗΤΕΛΕΜ 2; Athens 1986) M. B. Hatzopoulos - L. D. Loukopoulou, Two Studies in Ancient Macedonian Topography (ΤΑ ΑΜΗΤΕΛΕΜ3; Athens 1987) M. B. Sakellariou, The Polis-State (ΤΑ ΑΜΗΤΕΛΕΜ4; Athens 1989) Μ. Β . Hatzopoulos, Une donation du roi Lysimaque (ΤΑΑΜΗΤΕΛΕΜ 5; Athens 1988) M. B. Hatzopoulos, Actes de vente de la Chalcidique centrale (ΤΑ ΑΜΗΤΕΛΕΜ6; Athens 1988) M. B. Hatzopoulos, L. D. Loukopoulou, Morrylos, cité de la Crestonie (ΤΑΑΜΗΤΕΛΕΜ 7;Athens 1989) Argyro B. Tataki, Ancient Beroea: Prosopography and Society (ΤΑΑΜΗΤΕΛΕΜ 8; Athens 1988) ISBN 960-7094-81-6 © The National Hellenic Research Foundation Research Centre for Greek and Roman Antiquity 48 Vassileos Constantinou Ave., GR - 116 35 Athens, Greece Printed in Greece by Eptalophos S.A., 12-16 Ardittou St., GR -116 36 Athens YIANNIS E. MEIMARIS IN COLLABORATION WITH K. KRITIKAKOU and P. BOUGIA CHRONOLOGICAL SYSTEMS IN ROMAN-BYZANTINE PALESTINE AND ARABIA THE EVIDENCE OF THE DATED GREEK INSCRIPTIONS KENTPON ΗΣ ΚΙΝΗΛΛΕKAI ΗΣ ΚΟΣ ΤΪΗΑΤΜΟΩΙΡΑΧΡΑ ΩΝ ΝΜΑ ΥΕΥΟΝ ΡΡΕΚΔΙΙΝΘΕ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITY NATIONAL HELLENIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION ΤΑ ΑΜΗΤΕΛΕΜ 17 DIFFUSION DE BOCCARD -11, RUE DE MEDICIS, 75006 PARIS YIANNIS E. MEIMARIS IN COLLABORATION WITH K. KRITIKAKOU and P. BOUGIA CHRONOLOGICAL SYSTEMS IN ROMAN-BYZANTINE PALESTINE AND ARABIA THE EVIDENCE OF THE DATED GREEK INSCRIPTIONS ATHENS 1992 To all students of Byzantine Archaeology this book is affectionately dedicated