Antioch

Also known as Antioch of Syria, Syrian Antioch, Antioch on the Orontes, Antioch near Daphne, Antiokheia, Antiochia

Antioch was a city located in northern Syria at the site of modern Antakya, Turkey. Founded in 300 BC, Antioch became one of the most important cities of the ancient eastern Mediterranean. The capital of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, it remained significant under the Roman and Byzantine Empires, and during the Crusades was the centre of the Principality of Antioch.

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Antioch was an ancient city in northern Syria (now Turkey) founded in 300 BC that became one of the most important centers of the eastern Mediterranean world. It served as the capital of the Seleucid Empire and remained a major city under Roman and Byzantine rule, and later became the center of a Crusader principality.

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Ancient site.name: Antioch on the Orontes
Ancient site.image: Antiochia su Oronte.PNG
Ancient site.caption: Map of Antioch in Ancient and early Medieval times under Roman rule
Ancient site.map_type: Turkey
Ancient site.map_size: 270
Ancient site.location: Antakya, Hatay Province, Turkey
Ancient site.type: Settlement
Ancient site.builder: Seleucus I Nicator
Ancient site.built: 300 BC
Ancient site.abandoned: Insignificant by the end of the 15th century
Ancient site.epochs: Hellenistic to medieval
Ancient site.cultures: Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, Armenian, Syriac, Arab, Byzantine, Outremer, Turkish
Ancient site.event: Roman–Persian Wars, First Crusade
Ancient site.excavations: 1932–1939
Ancient site.condition: Mostly buried

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Area: 15
Image: Antiochia su Oronte.PNG

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native label: Ἀντιόχεια ἡ Μεγάλη
inception: 0300-05-01
Commons category: Antioch
Commons gallery: Antioch
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1268-00-00
P8168: Q540178
P12749: Ludwig von Welden

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Contents

Location and topography
Early history
Foundation and naming
Hellenistic age
Roman period
Roman rule before Constantine
Christianity
Age of Julian and Valens
Theodosius and after
Arab and Byzantine era
Crusader era
Consolidation of the Principality
Second Crusade
Third Crusade
Fifth Crusade
Fall of Antioch
Ottoman period
Archaeology
Notable people
See also
Footnotes
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

Seleucus I Nicator, a successor of Alexander the Great, founded Antioch alongside three other cities to secure the surrounding region, which he had recently conquered. He chose a site on the Orontes River in the southwest Amuq plain, a fertile lowland which provided valuable resources for Antioch; the city was strategically located and came to dominate trade routes. It served as the Seleucid capital from 240 BC until 63 BC, when the Romans took control; it was thereafter the capital of Roman Syria. Antioch may have been inhabited by over 500,000 inhabitants at its peak, making the city the third largest in the Roman Empire after Rome and Alexandria.