Antiochia in Sittacene

Antiochia in Sittacene

Antiochia in Sittacene ( _el. Αντιόχεια ή Σιτακηνή) was an ancient city founded in the Hellenistic period, possibly by Antiochus I. Pliny in his "Natural History", Book 6, § 206, describes it as an important town in the western part of the ancient region of Sittacene, between the Tigris and Tornadotus rivers. Its present site is in Iraq.

References

* [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/holland/pliny6.html Pliny's Natural History]


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