Antioch on the Orontes

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Hellenistic city Roman city ancient city

Antioch on the Orontes was a major ancient city in Syria that became a leading political, commercial, and cultural center of the Hellenistic and later Roman worlds.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Antioch	4
Syrian Antioch	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic city ⓘ Roman city ⓘ ancient city ⓘ
capitalOf	Roman Syria ⓘ surface form: Roman province of Syria Seleucid Empire ⓘ
conqueredBy	Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ surface form: Arab Rashidun Caliphate Byzantine Empire ⓘ Crusaders ⓘ Pompey the Great ⓘ Seljuk Empire ⓘ surface form: Seljuk Turks
country	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ
event	place where followers of Jesus were first called Christians ⓘ
foundedAroundYear	300 BC ⓘ
foundedBy	Seleucus I Nicator ⓘ
foundedInCentury	4th century BC ⓘ
hasFeature	acropolis ⓘ bridges over the Orontes ⓘ city walls ⓘ hippodrome ⓘ theatres ⓘ
knownFor	Christian heritage ⓘ Hellenistic culture ⓘ colonnaded streets ⓘ cosmopolitan population ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ mosaics ⓘ
language	Aramaic ⓘ Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	Syria ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Orontes River ⓘ
mentionedIn	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
modernCityNear	Antakya NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernCountry	Turkey ⓘ
namedAfter	Antiochus I ⓘ
near	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
notableEarthquake	115 Antioch earthquake ⓘ 526 Antioch earthquake ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine theme of Syria ⓘ surface form: Byzantine Syria Decapolis ⓘ surface form: Decapolis of the Eastern Mediterranean (informal cultural grouping) Roman Syria ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ
rankInRomanEast	second only to Alexandria ⓘ
rankInRomanEmpire	one of the largest cities ⓘ
region	Syro-Anatolian region ⓘ surface form: Syro-Cilician region
religiousSignificance	major center of early Christianity ⓘ seat of the Patriarchate of Antioch ⓘ
role	administrative capital ⓘ commercial center ⓘ cultural center ⓘ political center ⓘ
sufferedFrom	earthquakes ⓘ
urbanType	metropolis ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Ignatius of Antioch → birthPlace → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antioch

Principality of Antioch → capital → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antioch

Hellenistic kingdoms → hasCapital → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ

Antiochian Orthodox Church → hasSee → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antioch

John of Antioch → region → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian Antioch

Jerome → residence → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antioch