Apamea (Greek: Ἀπάμεια, Apameia; Arabic: آفاميا, Afamia), on the right bank of the Orontes River, was an ancient Greek and Roman city. It was the capital...

the intersection of the decumanus and the cardo. The cardo maximus of Apamea, Syria, ran through the centre of the city directly from North to South, linked...

into Syria I (or Syria Prima), with its capital remaining at Antioch, and Syria II (Syria Secunda) or Syria Salutaris, with its capital at Apamea on the...

Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians. He returned to Coele Syria around 304 to found a school in Apamea (near Antioch), a city known for its neoplatonic philosophers...

The Battle of Apamea was fought on 19 July 998 between the forces of the Byzantine Empire and the Fatimid Caliphate. The battle was part of a series of...

astrologer, geographer, historian, mathematician, and teacher native to Apamea, Syria. He was considered the most learned man of his time and, possibly, of...

Eunus (died 132 BC) was a Roman slave from Apamea in Syria who became the leader and king of the slave uprising during the First Servile War (135 BC–132 BC)...

Great Colonnade at Apamea was the main colonnaded avenue of the ancient city of Apamea in the Orontes River valley in northwestern Syria. It was built in...

journey east of Antioch" or eighty Roman miles), or at the monastery near Apamea (fifty-four miles south-east of Antioch) about 457. The following facts...

location unknown Apamea Ragiana, south of the Caspian Gates, in Parthia (later Media) Apamea, Syria, on the Orontes River, northwest of Hama, Syria, a former...

Numenius of Apamea (‹See Tfd›Greek: Νουμήνιος ὁ ἐξ Ἀπαμείας, Noumēnios ho ex Apameias; Latin: Numenius Apamensis) was a Greek philosopher, who lived in...

the Solitary of Apamea was a 5th-century Syriac Christian writer from Apamea, Syria. His writings are strongly influenced by Evagrius Ponticus's works,...

Syria I, with the capital remaining at Antioch, and Syria II or Salutaris, with capital at Apamea on the Orontes River. In 528, Justinian I carved out...

Peter (Syriac: Peṭrūs or Peṭrā) was the bishop of Apamea from at least 514/515 until his removal in 519. A protégé of Severus of Antioch, Peter was the...

further theft and vandalism. Apamea was a Greco-Roman city with a large acropolis in the western region of modern-day Syria, located on the bank of the...

217. In the following year, however, the II Parthica, stationed in Apamea (Syria), abandoned Macrinus and sided with Elagabalus; the Second supported...

Museum. In the marine procession mosaic found underneath a cathedral at Apamea, Syria (c. 362–363 CE), there is an Aphros in ichthyocentaur form. This Aphros...

Prima, with the capital remaining at Antioch, and Syria Secunda, with its capital moving to Apamea on the Orontes, and the new province of Theodorias...

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. Within the region of the Middle...

The siege of Apamea was an abortive siege of Apamea in Roman Syria. Lucius Statius Murcus and Quintus Marcius Crispus led the attempt to capture the city...

Ariston of Apamea (fl. 1st century AD) is the name of a Jew from the Second Temple period from the city of Apamea in Northwestern Syria, on the bank of...

served in Roman Syria under Publius Sulpicius Quirinius, who was governor of Syria at the time, and there oversaw a census in the town of Apamea. The inscription...

unknown provenance Great Colonnade from Apamea (Syria) with statue of Septimus Severus in front Roman mosaic from Apamea depicting a hunting scene, 5th century...

close to Pella Pella, Jordan, ancient city in Jordan Diocese of Pella Apamea (Syria), called Pella during the Macedonian occupation Pella, name of town...

extra-biblical Greek literature, which names him as the bishop of Apameia of Syria. Three clear occurrences of "Junia" have been found. While earlier searches...

to the animals (Genesis 2: 19–20) in a church of around 486–502 in Apamea, Syria. Some of the mosaics seem to relate to the rather elusive philosophical...

Aristarchus is identified as one of the Seventy Apostles and bishop of Apamea. He is commemorated as a saint and martyr on January 4, April 14, and September...

The Roman Theatre at Apamea (Arabic: المسرح الروماني بأفاميا) is a Roman theatre in ancient Apamea in northwestern Syria. Originally a Hellenistic theatre...

Syria I (or Syria Prima), with the capital remaining at Antioch, and Syria II (Syria Secunda) or Syria Salutaris, with capital at Apamea on the Orontes...

discovered under the basilica of Archbishop Photios in Hawarte, Syria, near Apamea. In the 1970s, archaeological work at the site of Hawarte was conducted...