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Today's city stands partly on the site of the ancient Antiochia (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόχεια, Antiókheia, also known as "Antioch on the Orontes"), which was founded in the fourth century BC by the Seleucid Empire. Antioch later became one of the Roman Empire's largest cities, and was made the capital of the provinces of Syria and Coele ...
Antioch on the Orontes ( / ˈænti.ɒk /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, romanized : Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou, pronounced [anti.ó.kʰeː.a]) [note 1] was a Hellenistic Greek city [1] [2] founded by Seleucus I Nicator in 300 BC. [3] One of the most important Greek cities of the Hellenistic period, [2] it ...
The ancient city of Palmyra was an important trading center and possibly Roman Syria's most prosperous city The Roman empire in the time of Hadrian (ruled 117–138 AD), showing, in western Asia, the imperial province of Syria (Syria/Lebanon), with four legions deployed in 125 AD. (During the Principate)
Antioch in Pisidia – alternatively Antiochia in Pisidia or Pisidian Antioch (Greek: Ἀντιόχεια τῆς Πισιδίας) and in Roman Empire, Latin: Antiochia Caesareia or Antiochia Colonia Caesarea – was a city in the Turkish Lakes Region, which was at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, Aegean and Central Anatolian regions, and formerly on the border of Pisidia and Phrygia ...
526 Antioch earthquake. / 36.23; 36.12. The 526 Antioch earthquake struck Syria and, in particular, the city of Antioch in the Byzantine Empire. It occurred some time in late May 526, probably between 20 and 29 May, during mid-morning, killing approximately 250,000 people. [3] This was in the seventh year of the reign of the Byzantine emperor ...
Lystra. / 37.60194°N 32.33833°E / 37.60194; 32.33833. Lystra ( Ancient Greek: Λύστρα) was a city in central Anatolia, now part of present-day Turkey. It is mentioned six times in the New Testament. [1] Lystra was visited several times by Paul the Apostle, along with Barnabas or Silas. There Paul met a young disciple, Timothy. [2]
Palmyra ( / pælˈmaɪrə / pal-MY-rə; Palmyrene: 𐡶𐡣𐡬𐡥𐡴 ( ), romanized: Tadmor; Arabic: تَدْمُر, romanized : Tadmur) is an ancient city in the eastern part of the Levant, now in the center of modern Syria. Archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first mention the city in the early second ...
Seleucis of Syria ( Ancient Greek: Σελευκίς τῆς Συρίας Seleukís tês Surías) [1] was a region of the Seleucid Empire located in northern Syria. It was also known as the Syrian Tetrapolis , on account of its four most important cities, for it had many. These four were, Antioch, Seleuceia in Pieria, Apameia, and Laodiceia (xvi ...