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Antiochia

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Antiochia

Antiochia or Antiocheia or Antiochea or Antiokheia ( _el. Αντιόχεια) may refer any of several Hellenistic cities in the Near East most of which were founded or rebuilt by Antiochus I:

*Antiochia on the Orontes (Antiochia ad Orontem, Syrian Antiochia or Great Antiochia), now Antakya in Turkey
**Principality of Antiochia, a Crusader state centered thereon
*Antiochia Mygdonia, in ancient Mesopotamia, later Nisibis, now Nusaybin, Mardin Province, Turkey
*Antiochia, Pisidia (also Antiochia in Phrygia), now near Yalvaç, Isparta Province, Turkey
*Antiochia, also known as Tralles or Tralleis, now Aydın, Turkey
*Antiochia of the Chrysaorians, temporary name of Alabanda, Caria, now Araphisar (formerly Doğanyurt), Aydin Province, Turkey
*Antiochia on the Maeander (Antiochia ad Mæandrum), in Caria, formerly Pythopolis, ruins now near Kuyucak, Aydin Province, Turkey
*Antiochia, Lydia, precise location unknown, Turkey
*Antiochia in Commagene, another name for Samosata, now Samsat, Adıyaman Province, Turkey
*Antiochia in Troad, another name for Cebrene or Kevrin or Kebrene, now in Canakkale Province, Turkey
*Antiochia on the Callirhoe, former capital of Osroene, later named Justinopolis and Edessa, now Şanlıurfa, Turkey
*Antiochia on the Cydnus, another name for Tarsos or Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey
*Antiochia Lamotis (Antiochia in Isauria), now near Erdemli, Mersin Province, Turkey
*Antiochia ad Cragum (Antiochetta, Antiocheta, or Latin: Antiochia Parva), now Güney, Antalya Province in Turkey
*Antiochia ad Pyramum, ruins are now near Karataş, Adana Province, Turkey
*Antiochia ad Sarum (Antiochia in Cilicia), now Adana, Adana Province, Turkey
*Antiochia ad Taurum, in Cilicia later in Commagene, probably now Gaziantep, Turkey (less probably, Aleppo, Syria)
*Antiochia Paraliou, location unknown but some identify it with Antiochia ad Cragum; probably in Turkey
*Antiochia in Mesopotamia, also Antiochia in Arabia and Antiochia Arabis, probably near Viranşehir, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey
*Antiochia in Persis, also Antiochia in Media and Antiochia of Chosroes, later Laodicea in Media, now Nahavand, Iran
*Antiochia in Susiana, later Charax, near the confluence of the Tigris and the Choaspes rivers, now in Iraq
*Antiochia in Sittacene, in ancient Sittacene, between the Tigris and Tornadotus, now in Iraq.
*Antiochia Hippos (Antiochia ad Hippum), in the Decapolis, now in Israel
*Antiochia Ptolemais, now Acre or Akko, Israel
*Antiochia Semiramis, also called Gadara, now Umm Qais, Jordan
*Antiochia in Pieria, now Arwad, Syria
*Antiochia in Margiana, now Merv, Turkmenistan
*Antiochia in Scythia, on the Jaxartes (Syr Darya) river, now probably in Uzbekistan


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  • Antiochia — Antiochia. Der Name von sieben verschiedenen Städten des Alterthums, deren berühmteste die ungeheure Hauptstadt Syriens war, die an Größe und Pracht selbst mit Rom und Alexandrien wetteiferte. Seleukus Nikanor erbaute sie am Orontes, zu Ehren… …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

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  • Antiochia — Dieser Artikel beschreibt die antike Stadt Antiochia am Orontes. Für weitere Bedeutungen siehe Antiochia (Begriffsklärung). Antiochia am Orontes oder Antiochien (altgriech. Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου Antiócheia hē epì Oróntou, auch Ἀντιόχεια ἡ… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Antiochia — Antiochīa (auch ēa, s. Ursini Cic. ep. 2, 10), ae, f. (Ἀντιόχεια), Name mehrerer Städte, von denen am bekanntesten sind (u. außer bei Plin. u. Mela auch bei andern vorkommen): I) Antiochia Epidaphnes (ἡ επὶ Δάφνης, Plin. 5, 79), Hauptstadt… …   Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch

  • Antiochia — Antīochīa, ae f. Антиохия 1) столица Сирии, на реке Оронте (ныне Антакия) C, Cs, T etc. 2) город во Фригии (близ границы с Писидией) PM 3) город в Карий, на реке Меандре L …   Латинско-русский словарь

  • Antiochia — Antiochīa, Hauptstadt Syriens, gegründet 300 v. Chr. von Seleucus Nikator, am Orontes (Asi), unter den vielen gleichnamigen Städten eine der reichsten des Altertums, Residenz der Seleukiden, später eines röm. Statthalters, nachher des Patriarchen …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Antiochia ad Cragum — ( el. Αντιόχεια του Κράγου) also known as Antiochetta or Latin: Antiochia Parva (meaning small Antiochia ) is an ancient Hellenistic city on Cragus (or Cragos or Kragos) mountain overlooking the Mediterranean coast, in the region of Cilicia… …   Wikipedia

  • Antiochia ad Taurum — (Greek: Αντιόχεια του Ταύρου; Antiochia in the Taurus ) was an ancient city of Hellenistic foundation in the Taurus Mountains of Cilicia (later Commagene province), Anatolia. [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/gazetteer/0039.html] Most modern… …   Wikipedia

  • Antiochia (Mäander) — Antiochia oder Antiocheia am Mäander (griechisch Ἀντιόχεια τοῦ Μαιάνδρου oder πρὸς Μαιάνδρω, lateinisch Antiochia ad Maeandrum) war eine antike karische Stadt am Mäander in Kleinasien, die vor allem wegen ihrer bei Strabon[1] erwähnten… …   Deutsch Wikipedia