Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Сивас" in Russian language version.
… nothing is known of Sivas’ history prior to its emergence as the Roman city of Sebastea, which became the capital of Armenia Minor under the emperor Diocletian near the end of the 3rd century. Justinian I had the city walls rebuilt and fortified in the 6th century … In 1021 Sennacherib-John, the Armenian king of Vaspurakan (Van), ceded his dominions to the emperor Basil II and became the Byzantine viceroy of Sebastea. His successors served in the same position until the Turks arrived in the area in the late 11th century. The Turkmen Dānishmend dynasty conquered Sebastea about 1080-90, renamed it Sivas, and made it the capital of a principality until it fell to the Seljuq sultan of Rūm in 1172. … it was said to have had more than 150,000 inhabitants when it was plundered by the Central Asian ruler Timur (Tamerlane) in 1400. … Near the city is the Armenian monastery of the Holy Cross, which contains a royal throne and other relics.
… nothing is known of Sivas’ history prior to its emergence as the Roman city of Sebastea, which became the capital of Armenia Minor under the emperor Diocletian near the end of the 3rd century. Justinian I had the city walls rebuilt and fortified in the 6th century … In 1021 Sennacherib-John, the Armenian king of Vaspurakan (Van), ceded his dominions to the emperor Basil II and became the Byzantine viceroy of Sebastea. His successors served in the same position until the Turks arrived in the area in the late 11th century. The Turkmen Dānishmend dynasty conquered Sebastea about 1080-90, renamed it Sivas, and made it the capital of a principality until it fell to the Seljuq sultan of Rūm in 1172. … it was said to have had more than 150,000 inhabitants when it was plundered by the Central Asian ruler Timur (Tamerlane) in 1400. … Near the city is the Armenian monastery of the Holy Cross, which contains a royal throne and other relics.
