Antiochia or Antiocheia or Antiochea or Antiokheia may refer to any of several Hellenistic cities in the Near East which were founded or rebuilt by the several rulers named

Antiochus Antiochus is a Greek male first name, which was a dynastic name for rulers of the Seleucid Empire and the Kingdom of Commagene. In Jewish historical memory, connected with the Maccabean Revolt and the holiday of Hanukkah, "Antiochus" refers spec ...

during the

Seleucid Empire The Seleucid Empire (; grc, Βασιλεία τῶν Σελευκιδῶν, ''Basileía tōn Seleukidōn'') was a Greek state in West Asia that existed during the Hellenistic period from 312 BC to 63 BC. The Seleucid Empire was founded by the ...

In modern Turkey

* Antioch (Antiochia ad Orontem, Syrian Antiochia or Great Antiochia), modern Antakya ** Principality of Antiochia, a Crusader state centered on it * Nisibis or Antiochia Mygdonia, in ancient Mesopotamia, now Nusaybin, Mardin Province *

Antioch of Pisidia Antioch in Pisidia – alternatively Antiochia in Pisidia or Pisidian Antioch ( el, Ἀντιόχεια τῆς Πισιδίας) and in Roman Empire, Latin: ''Antiochia Caesareia'' or ''Antiochia Colonia Caesarea'' – was a city in th ...

(also Antiochia in Phrygia), near modern Yalvaç, Isparta Province *

Aydın Aydın ( ''EYE-din''; ; formerly named ''Güzelhisar'', Ancient and Modern Greek: Τράλλεις /''Tralleis''/) is a city in and the seat of Aydın Province in Turkey's Aegean Region. The city is located at the heart of the lower valley of B ...

, also known as Antiochia, Tralles or Tralleis, modern Aydın, Turkey * Alabanda or Antiochia of the Chrysaorians, Caria, modern Doğanyurt (formerly Araphisar), Aydin Province *

Antioch on the Maeander Antioch on the Maeander or Antiochia on the Maeander ( el, Ἀντιόχεια τοῦ Μαιάνδρου; la, Antiochia ad Maeandrum), earlier Pythopolis, was a city of ancient Caria, in Anatolia. The city was situated between the Maeander an ...

(Antiochia ad Mæandrum), in Caria, formerly Pythopolis, ruins near Kuyucak, Aydin Province *

Antiochia (Lydia) Antiochia in Lydia or Antiocheia in Lydia () was a Hellenistic city founded by Antiochus IV in Lydia, Anatolia (currently, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list ...

, precise location unknown * Samosata or Antiochia in Commagene, now Samsat, Adıyaman Province *

Cebrene Cebrene ( grc, Κεβρήνη), also spelled Cebren ( grc, Κεβρήν), was an ancient Greek city in the middle Skamander valley in the Troad region of Anatolia. According to some scholars, the city's name was changed to Antiocheia in the Troad ...

or Antiochia in Troad, Kevrin or Kebrene, now in Canakkale Province, Turkey *

Edessa, Mesopotamia Edessa (; grc, Ἔδεσσα, Édessa) was an ancient city (''polis'') in Upper Mesopotamia, founded during the Hellenistic period by King Seleucus I Nicator (), founder of the Seleucid Empire. It later became capital of the Kingdom of Osroene ...

or Antiochia on the Callirhoe, former capital of Osroene, later named Justinopolis and Edessa, now Şanlıurfa * Tarsus (city), Antiochia on the Cydnus, or Tarsos, Mersin Province *

Antiochia Lamotis Antiochia Lamotis ( el, Αντιόχεια η Λαμωτίς), Antiochia in Isauria (), or Antiochia super Cragum is a Hellenistic city in ancient Cilicia, Anatolia at the mouth of Lamos (or Lamus) river. The site is on the coast a few km southw ...

(Antiochia in Isauria), now near Erdemli, Mersin Province *

Antiochia ad Cragum Antiochia ad Cragum ( el, Αντιόχεια του Κράγου) also known as Antiochetta or Latin: Antiochia Parva (meaning "Little Antiochia") is an ancient Hellenistic city on Mount Cragus overlooking the Mediterranean coast, in the region o ...

(Antiochetta, Antiocheta, or Latin: Antiochia Parva), now Güney, Antalya Province *

Antiochia ad Euphratem Urima or Ourima, also known as Antiochia ad Euphratem and Arulis, was a town on the Euphrates River of Classical Anatolia, inhabited from Hellenistic to Byzantine times. It was in the late Roman Empire, Roman province of Euphratensis. Urima was the ...

, submerged site in Gaziantep Province *

Antiochia ad Pyramum Antiochia ad Pyramum ( grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια πρὸς τὸν Πύραμον) was an ancient coastal city of Cilicia, on the Pyramus (also Pyramos, now the Ceyhan Nehri) river, in Anatolia. It was the successor settlement to Magarsa. The ...

, ruins near Karataş, Adana Province * Adana (Antiochia in Cilicia), now Adana, Adana Province *

Antiochia ad Taurum Antiochia ad Taurum (lit. "Antiochia at Taurus") ( grc, Ἀντιόχεια τοῦ Ταύρου; lit. "Antiochia of Taurus") was a Hellenistic city in ancient Syria east of Mount Amanus of the Taurus mountain range. Later identified as 'ad Taur ...

, in Cilicia later in Commagene, probably now Gaziantep (less probably, Aleppo, Syria) *

Antiochia Paraliou Antiochia Paraliou ( el, Αντιοχεία η Παράλιος) is an ancient city known only from its coinage which bears the legend "ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΟΥ". Although the location is considered unknown, some numismatics, num ...

, location unknown but some identify it with Antiochia ad Cragum; probably in Turkey *

Antiochia in Mesopotamia Constantia or Konstantia ( grc, Κωνσταντία) was a town of some importance in the province Osrhoene in Mesopotamia, on the road between Nisibis and Carrhae, at no great distance from Edessa. It was, after his departure from Nisibis, the ...

, also Antiochia in Arabia and Antiochia Arabis, and Constantia, now near Viranşehir, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey

In modern Iran

* Nahavand or Antiochia in Persis, also Antiochia in Media and Antiochia of Chosroes, later Laodicea in Media, now Nahavand * Bushehr, previously also “Antiochia in Persis”

In modern Iraq

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or Antiochia in Susiana, later Charax, near the confluence of the Tigris and the Choaspes rivers *

Antiochia in Sittacene Antiochia in Sittacene ( el, Αντιόχεια ή Σιτακηνή) was an ancient city founded in the Hellenistic period, possibly by Antiochus I. Pliny the Elder, Pliny in his ''Natural History'', Book 6, § 206, describes it as an important to ...

, in ancient Sittacene, between the Tigris and Tornadotus

In modern Israel

* Hippos, Antiochia Hippos or Antiochia ad Hippum, in the Decapolis *Antiochia Ptolemais, now

Acre, Israel Acre ( ), known locally as Akko ( he, עַכּוֹ, ''ʻAkō'') or Akka ( ar, عكّا, ''ʻAkkā''), is a city in the coastal plain region of the Northern District of Israel. The city occupies an important location, sitting in a natural harb ...

or Akko

In modern Jordan

* Umm Qais or Antiochia Semiramis, also called Gadara, now Umm Qais

In modern Syria

*Antiochia in Pieria, now

Arwad Arwad, the classical Aradus ( ar, أرواد), is a town in Syria on an eponymous island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the administrative center of the Arwad Subdistrict (''nahiyah''), of which it is the only locality.Merv, Turkmenistan *

Antiochia in Scythia Antiochia in Scythia ( el, Αντιόχεια της Σκυθίας) was an ancient city on the Jaxartes (now the Syr Darya river). The precise location is unknown, but it likely lies in Uzbekistan. Kanka, near Tashkent, and the Ferghana Valley h ...

, on the Jaxartes (Syr Darya) river, now probably in Uzbekistan

In Colombia

The

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Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

is considered to have been named either after the well-known Antioch or after a less well-known city of that name. {{geodis