- Antioch - Wikipedia
During the Crusades, Antioch served as the capital of the Principality of Antioch, one of four Crusader states that were founded in the Levant Its inhabitants were known as Antiochenes The remains of the ancient city of Antioch are mostly buried beneath alluvial deposits from the Orontes River
- Antioch | Ancient City in Turkey, History Culture | Britannica
Antioch, populous city of ancient Syria and now a major town of south-central Turkey It lies near the mouth of the Orontes River, about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of the Syrian border Antioch was founded in 300 bce by Seleucus I Nicator, a former general of Alexander the Great
- Antioch on the Orontes 2. 0. New Stories from an Ancient City
Antioch’s modern reincarnation Antakya (Hatay province, southeast Turkey) grows by the day at the expense of its ancient predecessor The city walls, hippodrome, and temple on the island are the last witnesses of Antioch’s heyday
- Exploring the Lesser-Known Biblical City of Antioch
Learn about the lesser-known New Testament Biblical city of Antioch where people were first called Christians
- Antioch - World History Encyclopedia
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
- The Glorious History of the Ancient Greek City of Antioch
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
- Antioch - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great 's generals Antioch became a rival of Alexandria as the chief city of the nearer East and the cradle of gentile Christianity It was one of the four cities of the Syrian tetrapolis
- Antioch - Encyclopedia. com
Founded in 300 b c by Seleucus, a general of Alexander the Great, Antioch was a center of communications by land and also by sea through its port, Seleucia Pieria
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