Apamea
Apamea or Apameia is the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see :
in Asia Minor (Turkey)
- Apamea (Euphrates), in Osroene, opposite Zeugma on the Euphrates, now flooded by the Birecik Dam
- Apamea (Phrygia) or Apamea Cibotus, formerly Kibotos, commercial center of Phrygia, near Celaenae, now at Dinar, Afyonkarahisar Province; former bishopric an Latin Catholic titular bishopric
- Apamea Myrlea or Apamea in Bithynia, formerly Myrlea and Brylleion, in Bithynia, on the Sea of Marmara; currently near Mudanya, Bursa Province; former archdiocese, Latin Catholic titular archbishopric
in Iraq
- Apamea (Babylonia), on the Tigris near the Euphrates, precise location unknown
- Apamea (Sittacene), on the Tigris, precise location unknown
in Iran (Persia)
- Apamea (Media), in Media, near Laodicea (Nahavand, Iran), precise location unknown
- Apamea Ragiana, south of the Caspian Gates, in Parthia (later Media)
in Syria
- Apamea (Syria), on the Orontes River, northwest of Hama, Syria, a former Roman provincial capital and Metropolitan Archbishopric, now
- Latin Catholic titular Metropolitan archbishopric
- Melkite Catholic titular Metropolitan archbishopric
- Syriac Catholic Catholic titular Metropolitan archbishopric
- Maronite Catholic titular bishopric
Other meanings
Apamea may also refer to :
- Apamea, a genus of moths
See also
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