Antioch

Wittke, Anne-Maria (Tübingen); Leisten, Thomas (Princeton); Wagner, Jörg (Tübingen); Tomaschitz, Kurt (Vienna); Weiß, Peter (Kiel); Kaletsch, Hans (Regensburg); Renger, Johannes (Berlin); Treidler, Hans (Berlin)

Antioch

(1,581 words)

(Ἀντιόχεια; Antiócheia).

[1] on the Orontes

Founded as Antigonea on the Orontes 307 BC, but after the defeat of Antigonus I by Seleucus I Nicator at Ipsus (301 BC), the town was moved to the site of present-day Antakya (Turkey) in 300 BC, and renamed as A. in honour of the latter's father Antiochus. Capital city of the Seleuc…

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Wittke, Anne-Maria (Tübingen), Leisten, Thomas (Princeton), Wagner, Jörg (Tübingen), Tomaschitz, Kurt (Vienna), Weiß, Peter (Kiel), Kaletsch, Hans (Regensburg), Renger, Johannes (Berlin) and Treidler, Hans (Berlin), “Antioch”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 28 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e124450>

First published online: 2006

First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510

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Antioch(1,581 words)

[1] on the Orontes

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Antioch
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