Apamea or Apameia ( grc, Απάμεια) is the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after
Apama
Apama ( grc, Ἀπάμα, Apáma), sometimes known as Apama I or Apame I, was a Sogdian noblewoman and the wife of the first ruler of the Seleucid Empire, Seleucus I Nicator. They married at Susa in 324 BC. According to Arrian, Apama was the da ...
, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see.
Places called Apamea include:
Asia Minor (Turkey)
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Apamea (Euphrates), in Osroene, opposite Zeugma on the Euphrates, now flooded by the Birecik Dam
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Apamea (Phrygia) or Apamea Cibotus, formerly ''Kibotos'', commercial center of Phrygia, near Celaenae, now at Dinar, Afyonkarahisar Province; former bishopric and now a Latin Catholic titular bishopric
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Apamea Myrlea
Apamea Myrlea (; grc, Απάμεια Μύρλεια) was an ancient city and bishopric (Apamea in Bithynia) on the Sea of Marmara, in Bithynia, Anatolia; its ruins are a few kilometers south of Mudanya, Bursa Province in the Marmara Region of As ...
or Apamea in Bithynia, formerly ''Myrlea'' and ''Brylleion'', in Bithynia, on the Sea of Marmara; currently near Mudanya, Bursa Province; former archdiocese, Latin Catholic titular archbishopric
Iraq
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Apamea (Babylonia), on the Tigris near the Euphrates, precise location unknown
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Apamea (Sittacene), on the Tigris, precise location unknown
Iran (Persia)
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Apamea (Media), in Media, near Laodicea (Nahavand, Iran), precise location unknown
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Apamea Ragiana, south of the Caspian Gates, in Parthia (later Media)
Syria
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Apamea, Syria
ar, آفاميا
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, caption = View of Apamea ruins
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, location = Hama Governorate, Syria
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, on the Orontes River, northwest of Hama, Syria, a former Roman provincial capital and Metropolitan Archbishopric, now
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Latin Catholic titular Metropolitan archbishopric
** Melkite Catholic titular Metropolitan archbishopric
** Syriac Catholic Catholic titular Metropolitan archbishopric
** Greek Orthodox titular bishopric
** Maronite Catholic titular bishopric
See also
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Treaty of Apamea
The Treaty of Apamea was a peace treaty conducted in 188 BC between the Roman Republic and Antiochus III, ruler of the Seleucid Empire. It ended the Roman–Seleucid War. The treaty took place after Roman victories at the Battle of Thermopyla ...
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Apama (disambiguation)
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Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey
Former populated places in Iraq
Former populated places in Iran
Lost ancient cities and towns