Apamea (Greek: Ἀπάμεια, Apameia; Arabic: آفاميا, Afamia), on the right bank of the Orontes River, was an ancient Greek and Roman city. It was the capital...

the intersection of the decumanus and the cardo. The cardo maximus of Apamea, Syria, ran through the centre of the city directly from North to South, linked...

into Syria I (or Syria Prima), with its capital remaining at Antioch, and Syria II (Syria Secunda) or Syria Salutaris, with its capital at Apamea on the...

Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians. He returned to Coele Syria around 304 to found a school in Apamea (near Antioch), a city known for its neoplatonic philosophers...

astrologer, geographer, historian, mathematician, and teacher native to Apamea, Syria. He was considered the most learned man of his time and, possibly, of...

The Battle of Apamea was fought on 19 July 998 between the forces of the Byzantine Empire and the Fatimid Caliphate. The battle was part of a series of...

Syria I, with the capital remaining at Antioch, and Syria II or Salutaris, with capital at Apamea on the Orontes River. In 528, Justinian I carved out...

Great Colonnade at Apamea was the main colonnaded avenue of the ancient city of Apamea in the Orontes River valley in northwestern Syria. It was built in...

location unknown Apamea Ragiana, south of the Caspian Gates, in Parthia (later Media) Apamea, Syria, on the Orontes River, northwest of Hama, Syria, a former...

further theft and vandalism. Apamea was a Greco-Roman city with a large acropolis in the western region of modern-day Syria, located on the bank of the...