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Antiochia/Theoupolis

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier

Contributors: M. Ballance, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Francis Deblauwe, R. Warner, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Ryan Horne, Eric Kansa

Last modified Jun 07, 2018 05:39 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

A city founded ca. 300 BC by Seleucus I Nicator, a successor of Alexander the Great. Antioch was a great trading center and numbered as one of the four cities of the Syrian tetrapolis. Justinian I renamed the city 'Theoupolis' in the sixth century AD.

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Base map by Ryan M. Horne for Pleiades and the Ancient World Mapping Center (ancient terrain after the Barrington Atlas). Map interaction design and implementation by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, and Tom Elliott for Pleiades.

Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658381

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.2225515, 36.183214

Locations:

DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640)
GeoNames location of Antakya İlçesi (modern)

Names:

Antakya (Turkish, 1750 BC - AD 2000)
Antiocheia (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 1307)
Antiocheia am Orontes (140 BC - AD 640)
Antiocheia am Orontēs (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 640)
Antiocheia epi Daphnē (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)
Antiochia (750 BC - AD 640)
Antiochia (AD 1683 - AD 1918)
Antiochia (Georgian, 1200 BC - AD 1291)
Anṭakya (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1453 - AD 1918)
Anṭaqya (AD 1453 - AD 1683)
Anṭaḳya (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1453 - AD 1683)
Anṭākiya (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 632 - AD 1500)
Anṭākya (AD 1099 - AD 1291)
Hatay (Turkish, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
III Gallica (Vesp.) garrison (Georgian, 140 BC - AD 640)
Iopolis (unspecified date range)
Theoupolis (AD 300 - AD 640)

Antiochia/Theoupolis makes connections with:

Antiochia/Theoupolis connection Orontes (river) (unspecified date range)
Antiochia/Theoupolis connection Untitled (unspecified date range)

Antiochia/Theoupolis receives connections from:

None

Place type:
urban area, settlement, amphitheatre, amphitheater

References:

Evidence:

TP 9B4 (Talbert 2374)

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Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 67 C4 Antiochia/Theoupolis

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Antakya

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Suggested citation:
T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier, M. Ballance, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Francis Deblauwe, R. Warner, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Ryan Horne, and Eric Kansa, 'Antiochia/Theoupolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658381> [accessed: 24 May 2020]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658381 |title=Places: 658381 (Antiochia/Theoupolis) |author=Sinclair, T., P. Gatier |accessdate=May 24, 2020 11:17 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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