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|txtha=Ταρσου, ἡ (on its [[accent]] cf. Chandler §§ 317,318), in [[secular]] authors [[also]] Ταρσοι, ταρσῶν, αἱ, [[Tarsus]], a [[maritime]] [[city]], the [[capital]] of [[Cilicia]] [[during]] the Roman [[period]] (Josephus, Antiquities 1,6, 1), [[situated]] on the [[river]] Cydnus, [[which]] divided it [[into]] [[two]] parts ([[hence]], the plural Ταρσοι). It [[was]] [[not]] [[only]] [[large]] and [[populous]], [[but]] [[also]] [[renowned]] for its Greek [[learning]] and its [[numerous]] schools of philosophers (Strabo 14, p. 613 (cf. Lightfoot on Colossians , p. 303 f)). Moreover, it [[was]] a [[free]] [[city]] (Pliny, 5,22), and [[exempt]] [[alike]] from the [[jurisdiction]] of a Roman [[governor]], and the [[maintenance]] of a Roman [[garrison]]; [[although]] it [[was]] [[not]] a Roman '[[colony]]'. It had [[received]] its [[freedom]] from Antony (Appendix,<br /><b class="num">b.</b> 104:5,7) on the [[condition]] [[that]] it [[might]] [[retain]] its [[own]] magistrates and laws, [[but]] should [[acknowledge]] the Roman [[sovereignty]] and [[furnish]] auxiliaries in [[time]] of [[war]]. It is [[now]] called Tarso or Tersus, a [[mean]] [[city]] of [[some]] 6,000 inhabitants (others [[set]] the [[number]] [[very]] [[much]] [[higher]]). It [[was]] the birthplace of the [[apostle]] Paul: BB. DD., [[under]] the [[word]]; Lewin, St. Paul, 1:78f cf. 2.)  

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