Dioceses of the Church of the East to 1318 to represent them. None of these four dioceses is mentioned again, and it is not clear when they lapsed. By the end of the 5th century there were at least three East Syriac dioceses in the Sassanian province of Media in western Iran. Canon XXI of the synod of Isaac in 410 foreshadowed the extension of the metropolitan principle to the bishops of Beth Madaye and other relatively remote regions. Hamadan (ancient Ecbatana) was the chief city of Media, and the Syriac name Beth Madaye (Media) was regularly used to refer to the East Syriac diocese of Hamadan as well
Melite (ancient city) in Rabat. These were originally located just outside the walls of Melite. The city of Melite gave its name to the main island of Malta and subsequently to the entire country. Melite (ancient city) Melite (, "Melítē") or Melita was an ancient city located on the site of present-day Mdina and Rabat, Malta. It started out as a Bronze Age settlement, which developed into a city called Ann, Ghonan, or Maleth under the Phoenicians, and became the administrative centre of the island. The city fell to the Roman Republic in 218 BC, and it remained part of the Roman and