Apamea founded
299 BCE.
Shown on the map at 35.417°, 36.400°.
Apamea (Greek: Ἀπάμεια, Apameia; Arabic: أفامية, romanized: afāmiyah) is an ancient Hellenistic and Roman city situated on the right bank of the Orontes River, in the northwest of modern Syria. Founded under the name Pella as a Macedonian military settlement following the Wars of the Diadochi, it was established as a fortified city around 300 BC by Seleucus I Nicator, who renamed it after his wife, Apama. The city served as the capital of Apamene under the Seleucids and later became capital of the Roman province of Syria Secunda, a status it retained into the Crusader period. Apamea came under Roman control in 64 BC when Pompey razed its fortress, and it later withstood a three-year siege during the revolt of Quintus Caecilius Bassus. The city suffered destruction in the Antioch earthquake of 115 AD but was soon rebuilt, with major reconstruction continuing through the second century. It was destroyed again by Khosrow I in the sixth century and fell to Sasanian forces during the Byzantine–Sasanian War before being retaken.
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