Antioch at the Chrysorrhoas-Gerasa, but which river?
In the 2nd century BCE, the Seleucids founded several Hellenistic cities in the Southern Levant. Some of them were named Antioch or Seleucia, and to distinguish them from each other they received specifications. Thus the Hellenistic settlement at Hippos became ‘Antioch at Hippos’ and the re-foundati...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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IFAPO
2019
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Syria
Year: 2019, Volume: 96, Pages: 471-476 |
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| Summary: | In the 2nd century BCE, the Seleucids founded several Hellenistic cities in the Southern Levant. Some of them were named Antioch or Seleucia, and to distinguish them from each other they received specifications. Thus the Hellenistic settlement at Hippos became ‘Antioch at Hippos’ and the re-foundation of Gerasa was called ‘Antioch at the Chrysorrhoas, the former Gerasa’. In the case of Gerasa, the toponym relates to the river Chrysorrhoas, the ‘Gold River’, and the name is known from inscrip... |
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| ISSN: | 2076-8435 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Syria
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4000/syria.10805 |