Antigonia

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Location	Turkey
Region	Hatay Province
Coordinates	36°15′14.1″N 36°12′18.6″E / 36.253917°N 36.205167°E / 36.253917; 36.205167

Antigonia ( Greek: Αντιγόνεια) also transliterated as Antigonea and Antigoneia was a Hellenistic city in Seleucid Empire, Syria (in modern Turkey), on the Orontes, founded by Antigonus I Monophthalmus in 307 BC, and intended to be the capital of his empire; the site is approximately 7 km northeast of Antakya, Hatay Province, Turkey. After the Battle of Ipsus, 301 BC, in which Antigonus perished, the inhabitants of Antigonia were removed by his successful rival Seleucus I Nicator to the city of Antioch, which Seleucus founded a little lower down the river. ( Strabo xvi. p. 750; Diod. xx. 47; Liban. Antioch. p. 349; Malalas, p. 256.) Diodorus erroneously says that the inhabitants were removed to Seleucia Pieria. Antigonia continued, however, to exist, and is mentioned in the war with the Parthians after the defeat of Crassus. ( Dion Cass. xl. 29.)

In the city there was a shrine with four pillars, a statue of Tyche was placed above it, and a tall altar in front of it. ^[1]

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:  Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Antigoneia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

External links

• Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, "Antigoneia", London, (1854)
  • "Antiocheia" in the same source
• Hazlitt, Classical Gazetteer, "Antigonia"

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