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Seleucis of Syria ( grc, Σελευκίς τῆς Συρίας ) was a region of the Seleucid Empire located in northern Syria. It was also known as the Syrian Tetrapolis,
The four cities had been founded by 
Seleucus Nicator
Seleucus I Nicator (; ; grc-gre, Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ , ) was a Macedonian Greek general who was an officer and successor ( ''diadochus'') of Alexander the Great. Seleucus was the founder of the eponymous Seleucid Empire. In the po ...
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*Antioch—named after his father and the largest city.
*Laodiceia—after his mother.
*Apameia—after his wife Apama.
*Seleuceia in Pieria—eponym of Seleucus.
See also
* Syria (region)References
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