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ctesiphonnoun(historical) An ancient capital of Parthia and later of the Sassanid Persian Empire, on the Tigris near Baghdad in present-day Iraq, abandoned in the 7th and 8th centuries.
pierianounA regional unit of the administrative region of Central Macedonia, in north-central Greece.
tigrisnounA river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq. It forms the eastern edge of classical Mesopotamia. It unites with the Euphrates River to form the Shatt al-Arab before flowing into the Persian Gulf.
seleucia on the tigrisnoun(historical) Synonym of Seleucia-on-Tigris.
antiochnounFormer name of Tarsus: a city in southeastern Turkey.
seleukidnounAlternative form of Seleucid. [A member of this dynasty.]
sabrathanoun(historical) A former city in Libya, the westernmost of the three cities of Tripoli.
antiochianoun(historical) Synonym of Antioch: various former cities in Southwest Asia.
lydianounA female given name from Ancient Greek.
seleucid empirenoun(historical) A Greek-Macedonian empire created by Seleucus out of the eastern conquests of Alexander the Great and ruled by the Seleucid dynasty (312–63 BCE).
sardisnoun(historical) Former name of Sart: a town in Manisa Province, Turkey; the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Lydia, in western Asia Minor.
apameanoun(historical) 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.
caesareanounA port city in Israel.
poseidonianounFormer name of Paestum: a village in Campania, Italy.
laodiceanounA former city in Caria and Lydia, near modern Denizli in Denizli Province, Turkey, chiefly known for its role in early Christianity.
sardesnounAlternative spelling of Sardis. [(historical) Former name of Sart: a town in Manisa Province, Turkey; the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Lydia, in western Asia Minor.]
syrianounA country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. Capital: Damascus.
epiphanianoun(historical) The ancient city of Hama.
sophenenoun(historical) Province of ancient Armenia and of the Roman Empire, located to the south-west of Greater Armenia. Independent kingdom from 3rd century B.C. until 90's B.C. Lies in modern-day southeastern Turkey.
amaseianounSynonym of Amasya (in antiquity)

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