Apamea

Also known as Apameia ad Orontes, Apameia, Apamea, Syria, Apamean, Al-Suqaylabiyah, Apameia (zaniklé město), Apamea (Samian Ware Discovery Site)

ancient city in Al-Suqaylabiyah, Syria

Key facts

Type: settlement
Cultures: Hellenistic , Roman , Medieval Greek , Levantine
Location: Hama Governorate , Syria
Region: Ghab plain
Built: ca. 300 BC
Built by: Seleucus I Nicator
Abandoned: 13th century
Condition: ruins
Owner: Public
Public access: Yes

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Image: Apamea 01.jpg

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Commons category: Apamea
inception: 0300-00-00
Commons gallery: Apamea
exact match: data.archaeology.link/data/samian/loc_ds_1001276
native label: Ἀπάμεια
P8168: Club Atletic Oradea

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Apamea (Greek: Ἀπάμεια, Apameia; Arabic: أفامية, romanized: afāmiyah), on the right bank of the Orontes River, was an ancient Greek and Roman city. It was the capital of Apamene under the Seleucids, became the capital and Metropolitan Archbishopric of late Roman province Syria Secunda, again in the crusader period.

Amongst the impressive ancient remains, the site includes the Great Colonnade which ran for nearly 2 km (1.2 mi) making it among the longest in the Roman world and the Roman Theatre, one of the largest surviving theatres of the Roman Empire with an estimated seating capacity in excess of 20,000.