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Antioch-on-the-Orontes

Antioch-on-the-Orontes was a city founded around 300 BCE by Seleucus I Nicator, named after his father Antiochus. It became the main royal capital and administrative centre of the Seleucid Empire in Syria. Its name distinguishes it from the many other cities called Antioch that the Seleucids founded.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Antioch-on-the-Orontes. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/antioch-on-the-orontes
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“Antioch-on-the-Orontes.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/antioch-on-the-orontes. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Antioch-on-the-Orontes.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/antioch-on-the-orontes.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Antioch-on-the-Orontes’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/antioch-on-the-orontes (Accessed: ).

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