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Antioch
Antioch
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Antioch
- the name of a number of cities founded by kings of the Seleucid dynasty, the most famous being "Antioch on the Orontes" in ancient Syria (modern-day Antakya in south-eastern Turkey).
- 1982, Encyclopaedia Iranica, Volume 2, Issues 1-4, Page 120
- During his frequent stays at Antioch, Tigranes [king of Armenia], a self-styled king of kings, maintained a sumptuous court with a ceremonial of Achaemenid origin that Plutarch has described.
- 1982, Encyclopaedia Iranica, Volume 2, Issues 1-4, Page 120
- A city in California.
- A village in Illinois.
- A ghost town in Nebraska.
- A village in Ohio.
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