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The Ancient City of Antioch Map; Richard Stillwell, ed. Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, 1976: "Antioch on the Orontes (Antaky), Turkey" Antioch (Antakya) Includes timeline, maps, and photo galleries of Antioch's mosaics and artifacts; Antakya Museum Many photos of the collection in Antakya's museum, in particular Roman mosaics
- Principality of Antioch
The Principality of Antioch (Latin: Principatus Antiochenus;...
- Antiochus XIII Asiaticus
However, after the latter's defeat by Lucius Licinius...
- Antioch (Disambiguation)
Principality of Antioch, a Crusader state with its capital...
- Antioch in Pisidia
Antioch in Pisidia – alternatively Antiochia in Pisidia or...
- Seleucis of Syria
Seleucis of Syria (Ancient Greek: Σελευκίς τῆς Συρίας...
- Principality of Antioch
Antioch, ancient city in Phrygia, near the Pisidian border, close to modern Yalvaç, in west-central Turkey. Founded by Seleucus I Nicator (c. 358–281 bce), it was made a free city in 189 bce by the Romans, who took direct control about 25 bce; soon thereafter the emperor Augustus made it a colony
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 22, 2013 · Antioch or Antiochia was an ancient city located on the Orontes River near the Amanus Mountains in Syria. The “land of four cities ” - Seleucia, Apamea, Laodicea, and Antiochia - was founded by Seleucus I Nicator (Victor) between 301 and 299 BCE. Some credit the city's initial founding as Antigoneia to Antigonus I the One-Eyed who lost the ...
- Donald L. Wasson
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Jan 8, 2014 · Kristina Neumann created an interactive map illustrating ancient Antioch’s changing political and economic relationships over time. Courtesy Kristina Neumann and the University of Cincinnati. Neumann created an extensive database of Antiochene coins and coin hoards dating from the late third century B.C.E. to the early fifth century C.E as ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Antioch on the Orontes, an ancient Greek city on the eastern side of the Orontes River, was one of the most glorious of all the Greek cities in the world. Home to hundreds of thousands of people in its golden age, it was known as “The Second Rome” and subsequently “the Cradle of Christianity” before it experienced so many cataclysmic ...
The Visual Resources Collection has announced the launch of a major new online resource for the study of Antioch on the Orontes, one of the great cities of the Hellenistic and Roman worlds that remained an important center throughout the Byzantine, Seljuk, Crusader, and Ottoman periods. The site was excavated between 1932 and 1939 by an academic...
Founded in 300 bc by the Seleucid dynasty, Antioch was the centre of the Seleucid power until 64 bc, when it became the capital of the province of Syria under the Roman Republic and Empire. An early centre of Christianity, the city was the headquarters of St. Paul c. ad 47–55. Despite being briefly occupied by the Persians in the 6th and 7th ...
