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Khanasir ((アラビア語:خناصر) / ALA-LC: ''Khanāṣir''),〔France, 2007, p. 243.〕 also spelt Khanaser, is a village located in Syria's as-Safira District. It is one of twenty-four villages located in the Khanasir valley, an area with a population of 11,000 people. The village is situated on the site of the ancient village of Anasartha, enclosed within ramparts in western Syria; Malalas records that it was a ''kastron'' (fortified hilltop settlement) that was designated a ''polis'' by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I.〔 A ''qanat'' dating back to Byzantine times that served as the water source for the village remained operational well into the 20th century. According to Robert L. France, Byzantine-era remains of Anasartha "are visible on the street, in newly built walls, and inside residential houses," in Khanasir today.〔 ==History== The city of Anasartha, which belonged to the Roman province of Syria Prima, and its surrounding villages enjoyed a period of prosperity between the late 4th century and early 6th century. The vast majority of the houses and churches discovered in this region are of that period. The church in Anasartha itself dates from 426.〔Kennedy, 2006, p. 165.〕 Its bishop Maras took part in the Council of Chalcedon in 451, and his successor Cyrus was a signatory of the letter that the bishops of the province sent in 458 to the Byzantine Emperor Leo I the Thracian to protest about the killing of Proterius of Alexandria.〔Michel Lequien, (''Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus'' ), Paris 1740, Vol. II, coll. 787-788〕〔Siméon Vailhé, v. ''Anasartha'', in (''Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques'' ), vol. II, Paris 1914, col. 1439〕 Another bishop built a "refuge" in neighbouring Buz al-Khanzir in 506-507.〔Kennedy, 2006, p. 166.〕 No longer a residential bishopric, Anasartha is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.〔''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 832〕 While the ''qanat'' ceased to supply water to the village after the construction of pump wells in the area west of the Khanasir valley in 1975, the -long structure was described by Hamidé in 1959 as discharging 8 litres per second, irrigating a land area of .〔France, 2007, p. 244.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Khanasir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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