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Chapter 3 - Seleucid Antioch

From Colony to Capital

from Part I - Beginnings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2024

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Boris Chrubasik
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Andrea U. De Giorgi
Andrea U. De Giorgi
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This chapter explores the rise to prominence of Antioch from a nondescript colony to a royal capital.

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Antioch on the Orontes
History, Society, Ecology, and Visual Culture
 , pp. 31 - 42
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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