Antioch

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ancient city former city historical place

Antioch was an important ancient city in Syria that became a major center of early Christianity and missionary activity.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Antioch (ancient city)	1
Antioch in Syria	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ former city ⓘ historical place ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Barnabas ⓘ Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle Apostle Peter ⓘ surface form: Peter the Apostle
biblicalEvent	place where followers of Jesus were first called Christians ⓘ
capitalOf	Byzantine theme of Syria ⓘ Roman Syria ⓘ surface form: Roman province of Syria Seleucid Empire ⓘ
conqueredBy	Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ Sasanian Empire ⓘ
country	Roman Empire ⓘ
declineReason	changes in trade routes ⓘ military conflicts ⓘ repeated earthquakes ⓘ
foundedBy	Seleucus I Nicator ⓘ
foundedInCentury	4th century BC ⓘ
foundedInYear	c. 300 BC ⓘ
hasStructure	colonnaded streets ⓘ hippodrome ⓘ theatre ⓘ
knownFor	commercial importance ⓘ cosmopolitan culture ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ strategic military location ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ Syria ⓘ
locatedOn	Orontes River ⓘ
mentionedIn	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
modernCountry	Turkey ⓘ
modernLocation	Antakya ⓘ
modernRegion	Hatay Province ⓘ
namedAfter	Antiochus I ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic world
populationStatus	one of the largest cities of the Roman Empire ⓘ
rankInEmpire	among the three largest cities of the Roman Empire ⓘ
religiousSignificance	one of the earliest centers of the Christian Church ⓘ seat of the Patriarchate of Antioch ⓘ
role	major center of early Christianity ⓘ major missionary base for early Christians ⓘ patriarchal see ⓘ
sufferedEvent	Arab–Byzantine wars ⓘ surface form: Arab conquest Persian invasions ⓘ earthquakes ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constantina → associatedWith → Antioch ⓘ

Homilies on the Epistles of Paul → associatedWith → Antioch ⓘ

Luke the Evangelist → associatedWith → Antioch ⓘ

Mark the Evangelist → associatedWithPlace → Antioch ⓘ

Theodore of Mopsuestia → birthPlace → Antioch ⓘ

Antiochus IV Epiphanes → capital → Antioch ⓘ

Seleucid Empire → capital → Antioch ⓘ

St. Symeon → connectedTo → Antioch ⓘ

Norman → conquered → Antioch ⓘ

subject surface form: Normans

Asia Minor → containedCity → Antioch ⓘ

Antigonus II Mattathias → deathPlace → Antioch ⓘ

Germanicus → deathPlace → Antioch ⓘ

Hellenistic Jews → geographicDistribution → Antioch ⓘ

Byzantine text-type → geographicalCenter → Antioch ⓘ

Melkite Greek Catholic → historicalCenter → Antioch ⓘ

Pentarchy → includesSee → Antioch ⓘ

Artah → locatedNear → Antioch ⓘ

Antiochene school of theology → location → Antioch ⓘ

Decian persecution → location → Antioch ⓘ

Trinitarian controversies of the 4th century → location → Antioch ⓘ

Hellenistic period → majorCity → Antioch ⓘ

Silk Road routes → majorCityOnRoute → Antioch ⓘ

Acts of the Apostles → majorLocation → Antioch ⓘ

solidus → mintedIn → Antioch ⓘ

Antioch, California → namedAfter → Antioch ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antioch (ancient city)

Antiochene school of theology → namedAfter → Antioch ⓘ

Artah → nearbyMajorCity → Antioch ⓘ

Hellenistic art → notableCenter → Antioch ⓘ

Syriac Catholic Church → patriarchalSee → Antioch ⓘ

Syriac Orthodox Church → patriarchalSee → Antioch ⓘ

John of Antioch → placeOfActivity → Antioch ⓘ

John Chrysostom → placeOfBirth → Antioch ⓘ

Macarius of Antioch → regionOfActivity → Antioch ⓘ

Nestorius → regionOfActivity → Antioch ⓘ

John Chrysostom → regionOfBirth → Antioch ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antioch in Syria

Constantina → residence → Antioch ⓘ

Tyche → worshippedIn → Antioch ⓘ