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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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Antioch on the Orontes canonical 9
Antioch 4
Antioch in Syria 4

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 ⓘ
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 (23)

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

Hellenistic kingdoms → hasCapital → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
Antiochian Orthodox Church → hasSee → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antioch
Principality of Antioch → capital → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antioch
Jerome → residence → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antioch
Ignatius of Antioch → birthPlace → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antioch
John of Antioch → region → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syrian Antioch
Antiochus I → capital → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
Seleucus I Nicator → founded → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
St. Luke → traditionallyFrom → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antioch in Syria
Hatay Province → historicalRegion → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Antioch region
Antakya → foundedAs → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
Paul and Barnabas’s first missionary journey → commissionedAt → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antioch in Syria
Paul and Barnabas’s first missionary journey → startingPoint → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antioch in Syria
Paul and Barnabas’s first missionary journey → returnedTo → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antioch in Syria
Patriarch of Antioch → associatedWithCity → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
Siege of Antioch (540) → target → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Antioch
Siege of Antioch (540) → impactOnCity → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antioch never fully recovered its former prominence
Flavian I of Antioch → region → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syrian Antioch
Eudoxius of Antioch → region → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syrian Antioch
Seleucus III Ceraunus → capitalOfRealm → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
Seleucus II Callinicus → capital → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
Antiochus II Theos → capital → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ
526 Antioch earthquake → cityAffected → Antioch on the Orontes ⓘ