Apamea
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, P. Flensted Jensen, Chris de Lisle, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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History
A city located on the Tigris, where it split into two streams, in the region of Mesene, founded by Antiochos I.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912806
32.291184, 46.302313
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 21893 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
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- Apamea (330 BC - AD 640)
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- Ἀπαμεῖς οἱ πρὸς τῶι Σελείαι (Apameis hoi pros tōi Seleiai: Ancient Greek, unspecified date range)
- Apamea part of (regional) Mesene/Characene/Shad Bahman/Maisan (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Apamea part of (administrative) Seleucid Empire (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Apamea located on Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
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settlement
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 C1 Apamea
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: perhaps Famiya near Kut al-Amara; there appear to be two other places with the same name IRQ
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, DARMC, R. Talbert, P. Flensted Jensen, Chris de Lisle, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Apamea: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912806> [accessed: 17 June 2025]
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