Sebastia

Sebastia is burg on Tyrcum þæs onwunendas wæron Armeniaþeod oð ðæm folcmorðor gewrohted on þæm folce.

Eald burgweardes wic

Þeos burg wæs mære in martyrbocum for her wæron þa 'Feowertig Cempan ðrowunge' elleswise 'Feowertig Martyras of Sebastie' ofslogen. Ælfric secgð:

“ Þa wæs geset sum wælhreowa dema Agricolaus geciged on anre byrig Sebastia gehaten on þæm lande Armenia. Se foresæde dema wæs swiðe arleas cristenra manna ehtere and arod to deofles willan. Þa het se cwellere þæs caseres cempan ealle geoffrian heora lac þæm godum. ”

Sebastia licgeþ in Halys dene þære ea,