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Definitions of antioch in various dictionaries:
noun - a town in southern Turkey
An ancient town of Phrygia north of present-day Antalya, Turkey.
Also Antakya (n-tkùy).
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| This city in southern Turkey is now the capital of Hatay province |
| After capturing this Middle Eastern city in 1098, crusaders found what they thought was the holy lance (not the holy hand grenade) |
| After Crusaders captured this city in 1098, they found the relic called the holy lance, though not the holy hand grenade |
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Antioch on the Orontes (; Ancient Greek: , translit. Antiókheia he epi Oróntou; also Syrian Antioch) was an ancient Greek city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. Its ruins lie near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey, and lends the modern city its name. * Antioch was founded near the end of the fourth century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals. The city's geographical, military, and economic location benefited its occupants, particularly such features as the spice trade, the Silk Road, and the Royal Road. It eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the Near East. It was also the main center of Hellenistic Judaism at the end of the Second Temple period. Most of the urban development of Antioch was done during the Roman Empire, when the city was one of the most important in the eastern Mediterranean area of Rome's dominions. * Antioch was called "the cradle of Christianity" as a result of its longevity and the pivotal role that it played in the |