Apamea or Apameia ( grc, Απάμεια) is the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after

Apama Apama ( grc, Ἀπάμα, Apáma), sometimes known as Apama I or Apame I, was a Sogdian noblewoman and the wife of the first ruler of the Seleucid Empire, Seleucus I Nicator. They married at Susa in 324 BC. According to Arrian, Apama was the da ...

, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see. Places called Apamea include:

Asia Minor (Turkey)

Apamea (Euphrates) Apamea or Apameia ( gr, Απάμεια, syr, ܐܦܡܝܐ) was a Hellenistic city on the left (viz., the eastern) bank of the Euphrates, opposite the famous city of Zeugma, at the end of a bridge of boats (Greek: ''zeugma'') connecting the two, ...

, in Osroene, opposite Zeugma on the Euphrates, now flooded by the Birecik Dam *

Apamea (Phrygia) Apamea Cibotus, Apamea ad Maeandrum (on the Maeander), Apamea or Apameia ( grc, Ἀπάμεια, grc, κιβωτός) was an ancient city in Anatolia founded in the 3rd century BC by Antiochus I Soter, who named it after his mother Apama. It wa ...

or Apamea Cibotus, formerly ''Kibotos'', commercial center of Phrygia, near Celaenae, now at Dinar, Afyonkarahisar Province; former bishopric and now a 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

Iraq

Apamea (Babylonia) Apamea or Apameia ( el, Απάμεια) was an ancient city – and possibly two ancient cities lying close together – of Mesopotamia mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium and Pliny as situated near the Tigris near the confluence of the Eup ...

, on the Tigris near the Euphrates, precise location unknown *

Apamea (Sittacene) Apamea or Apameia (Greek: ) is an ancient Hellenistic city described by Pliny (vi. 31) in Sittacene, which was surrounded by the Tigris. Its precise current location is not known. It received the name of Apamea from the mother of Antiochus I Soter, ...

, on the Tigris, precise location unknown

Iran (Persia)

Apamea (Media) Apamea or Apameia () was a Hellenistic city in Media founded by Seleucus I Nicator, near Laodicea (now Nahavand, Iran) and Heraclea. (Strabo xi. p. 524 ; Stephanus of Byzantium "Laodikeia"). Apamea's precise location is not known, but it ...

, in Media, near Laodicea (Nahavand, Iran), precise location unknown *

Apamea Ragiana Apamea Ragiana ( el, Απάμεια) – Apamea Rhagiana, Apamea Raphiana, or Apameia Rhagiane; previously, Arsace, Khuvar, and Choara – was an ancient Hellenistic city of Choarene, Media (formerly Parthia), according to Strabo 500 stadia ...

, south of the Caspian Gates, in Parthia (later Media)

Syria

Apamea, Syria ar, آفاميا , image =Apamea 01.jpg , alt = , caption = View of Apamea ruins , map_type = Syria , map_alt = , map_size = 200 , location = Hama Governorate, Syria , region = Ghab plain , coordinates = , type = settlement ...

, 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 ** Greek Orthodox titular bishopric ** Maronite Catholic titular bishopric

Asia Minor (Turkey)

Iraq

Iran (Persia)

Syria

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