- Antiochia
Antiochia or Antiocheia or Antiochea or Antiokheia ( _el. Αντιόχεια) may refer any of several
Hellenistic cities in theNear East most of which were founded or rebuilt byAntiochus I :*Antiochia on the Orontes (Antiochia ad Orontem, Syrian Antiochia or Great Antiochia), now
Antakya inTurkey
**Principality of Antioch ia, a Crusader state centered thereon
*Antiochia Mygdonia, in ancient Mesopotamia, later Nisibis, nowNusaybin ,Mardin Province , Turkey
*Antiochia, Pisidia (also Antiochia in Phrygia), now nearYalvaç ,Isparta Province , Turkey
*Antiochia, also known as Tralles or Tralleis, nowAydın , Turkey
*Antiochia of the Chrysaorians, temporary name of Alabanda,Caria , nowAraphisar (formerly Doğanyurt),Aydin Province , Turkey
*Antiochia on the Maeander (Antiochia ad Mæandrum), inCaria , formerly Pythopolis, ruins now nearKuyucak , Aydin Province, Turkey
*Antiochia, Lydia , precise location unknown, Turkey
*Antiochia in Commagene, another name for Samosata, nowSamsat ,Adıyaman Province , Turkey
*Antiochia in Troad, another name for Cebrene or Kevrin or Kebrene, now inCanakkale Province , Turkey
*Antiochia on the Callirhoe, former capital ofOsroene , later named Justinopolis and Edessa, nowŞanlıurfa , Turkey
*Antiochia on the Cydnus, another name for Tarsos or Tarsus,Mersin Province , Turkey
*Antiochia Lamotis (Antiochia in Isauria), now nearErdemli , Mersin Province, Turkey
*Antiochia ad Cragum (Antiochetta, Antiocheta, orLatin : Antiochia Parva), now Güney,Antalya Province in Turkey
*Antiochia ad Pyramum , ruins are now nearKarataş ,Adana Province , Turkey
*Antiochia ad Sarum (Antiochia in Cilicia), nowAdana , Adana Province, Turkey
*Antiochia ad Taurum , inCilicia later inCommagene , probably nowGaziantep , 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 nearViranşehir ,Şanlıurfa Province , Turkey
*Antiochia in Persis, also Antiochia in Media and Antiochia of Chosroes, later Laodicea in Media, nowNahavand ,Iran
*Antiochia in Susiana, later Charax, near the confluence of theTigris and theChoaspes rivers, now inIraq
*Antiochia in Sittacene , in ancientSittacene , between theTigris andTornadotus , now in Iraq.
*Antiochia Hippos (Antiochia ad Hippum), in theDecapolis , now inIsrael
*Antiochia Ptolemais, now Acre or Akko, Israel
*Antiochia Semiramis, also called Gadara, nowUmm Qais ,Jordan
*Antiochia in Pieria, nowArwad ,Syria
*Antiochia in Margiana, nowMerv ,Turkmenistan
*Antiochia in Scythia , on theJaxartes (Syr Darya ) river, now probably inUzbekistan
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