Antiochus (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίοχος) was a bishop of Ptolemais in Palestine. A Syrian by birth, he went to Constantinople at the beginning of the 5th century...

Look up Antiochus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Antiochus (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίοχος) is a Greek male personal name, likely meaning "resolute in contention"...

the present-day city of Acre, Israel. It was also called Ptolemais in Canaan and Ake-Ptolemais (or Akko, Ake, or Akre in Canaanite Language). It was an...

Runciman, A History of the Crusades III, p.132. Diocese of Acre at catholic-hierarchy.org. Ptolemais in Phoenicia at GCatholic.org. Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei...

Battle of Antioch, Principality of Antiochos (strategos of Sicily) Antiochus (bishop of Ptolemais) Antiochus (praepositus sacri cubiculi) Antiochus Chuzon...

Macedon in 281 BC, his son, Antiochus I, buried his ashes in a building called "Nikatoreion", situated on Seleucia. The city was of great importance in the...

making his successor, Antiochus I Soter, the new king. In 280 or soon after Ilion passed a long decree lavishly honouring Antiochus in order to cement their...

writer Ptolemais, philosopher of music Simon of Cyrene, the man who helped carry the cross of Jesus Synesius (c. 373 – c. 414 AD), author and bishop of Ptolemais...

city a battle between the Antiochus X Eusebes, son of Antiochus IX Cyzicenus, and Seleucus VI Epiphanes was fought. Antiochus won and Seleucus took shelter...

Mahlon H. Smith states that Antiochus X Eusebes died fighting the Parthian Empire (which included Persian territory). See Antiochus X Eusebes: Mahlon H. Smith...

Antioch, a city named in honor of his father Antiochus; according to the Suda, it might be named after his son Antiochus. He is reputed to have built sixteen...

founded by Antiochus II Theos, king of the Seleucid Empire, in 261-253 BC in honour of his wife Laodice, together with several other cities of the same...

Maeander – Antiochus I Soter Antiochia, Lydia – Antiochus IV Antiochia Lamotis – one of the Seleucids named Antiochus Antiochia ad Cragum – Antiochus IV Antiochia...

the Greek region of Magnesia. The first famous mention of the city is in 190 BC, when Antiochus the Great was defeated in the battle of Magnesia by the...

(found on Edessan coins struck by Antiochus IV Epiphanes, r. 175–164 BC). After Antiochus IV's reign, the name of the city reverted to Edessa, in Greek...

Androsthenes of Cyzicus, 200 BC, accompanied King Antiochus III the Great to India. Eudoxus of Cyzicus, 130 BC, navigator and explorer. Proclus of Constantinople...

to be called by its ancient name, Patara. Antiochus III captured Patara in 196 BC and it became the capital of Lycia. The Lycian League was formally established...

Tarsus against Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who according to the Apocrypha, had presented both cities to his concubine Antiochis. Mallus was a town of considerable...

Knidians, and rewarded them for help given against Antiochus III the Great by leaving them the freedom of their city. Eudoxus, the astronomer, Ctesias, the...

gave to 16 of them the name of his father Antiochus.[citation needed] Colonists were brought from Magnesia on the Maeander to people the city of Pisidian...

of king Antiochus II Theos and his Egyptian wife in 246 BC, pharaoh Ptolemy III invaded the Seleucid Empire and the Egyptian fleet swept the coast of...

spring of 196 BC, Abydos was seized by Antiochus III, Megas Basileus of the Seleucid Empire, who refortified the city in 192/191 BC. Antiochus III later...

Μυγδονίας), mentioned for the first time in Polybius' description of the march of Antiochus III the Great against Molon (Polybius, V, 51). The Greek historian...

The defeat of Hannibal and Antiochus the Great meant that Side freed itself from the overlord-ship of the Seleucid Empire. The Treaty of Apamea (188...

mothers of wine-crazed Dionysus over the sacred mountains of Nysa". The town derived its name of Nysa from Nysa, one of the wives of Antiochus I Soter...

said to be a son of Poseidon. Dora of the classical period has been placed in the ninth mile from Caesarea, on the way to Ptolemais (Acre). Just at the...

was overthrown by Probus with the support of the Army of Egypt.: 23  The Blemmyes attacked Coptos and Ptolemais with incursions into Upper Egypt; Probus...

holiest place of this religion. Petronius disposes necessary armed troops—two Roman legions and auxiliaries—which he barracks at Ptolemais in Phoenicia...

including Herod Agrippa II and two other client kings, Antiochus IV of Commagene and Sohaemus of Emesa, who lead their forces (largely archers and cavalry)...

Persephone instead of Cybele and the temple was named Plutonium. Hierapolis was founded by the Seleucids in the time of Antiochus I (281 - 261 BC) and...