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Seleucia ad Belum – (Greek: Σέλεύχεια. Seleucia) also transliterated as Seleuceia, Seleukeia, or Seleukheia, and later Seleucopolis or Seleukobelos – was an ancient city on the Orontes river near Belus mountain in Apamene, Syria; the site is circa 45 km north of Pella, in modern-day Syria.
The city is of Hellenistic foundation. The site was well-chosen as it sits on the west bank of the Orontes nearest to the headwaters of the river whose mouth is at Laodicea (modern Latakia) and was consequently well positioned to benefit from overland trade toward the Mediterranean coast.
References
- Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 069103169X), p. 68.
Links
- Hazlitt, Classical Gazetteer, "Seleucia"
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