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Hems
Or Homs, a noted Syrian city known to the Romans as Emesa, on the Orontes, 63 m. NE. of Tripoli; here stood in ancient times a famous temple of the Sun, one of whose priests, Heliogabalus, became Roman emperor; the Crusaders captured it from the Saracens in 1098; it does a good trade in oil, cotton, silk, etc.
- Partie du discours : noun
- Secteur d’activité/Domaine : Langue
- Catégorie : Encyclopedias
- Organization: Project Gutenberg
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