Apamea - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Apamea - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Apamea (, Apameia; , Afamia), on the right bank of the Orontes River, was an ancient Greek and Roman city. It was the capital of Apamene under the Macedonians,(Stephanus of Byzantium s. v.; Strabo xvi. p. 752; Ptolemy v. 15. § 19; Festus Avienius, v. 1083; Anton. Itin.; Hierocles) became the capital and Metropolitan Archbishopric of late Roman province Syria Secunda, again in the crusader period. Read more on Wikipedia
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