  Antigonia Shown within Turkey | |
| Location | Turkey |
|---|---|
| Region | Hatay Province |
| Coordinates | 36°15′14.1″N36°12′18.6″E / 36.253917°N 36.205167°E /36.253917; 36.205167 |
Antigonia (Greek:Αντιγόνεια) alsotransliterated asAntigonea andAntigoneia was aHellenistic city inSeleucid Empire,Syria (in modernTurkey), on theOrontes, founded byAntigonus I Monophthalmus in 307 BC, and intended to be the capital of his empire; the site is approximately 7 km northeast ofAntakya,Hatay Province,Turkey. After theBattle of Ipsus, 301 BC, in which Antigonus perished, the inhabitants of Antigonia were removed by his successful rivalSeleucus I Nicator to the city ofAntioch, which Seleucus founded a little lower down the river. (Strabo xvi. p. 750;Diod. xx. 47; Liban. Antioch. p. 349; Malalas, p. 256.) Diodorus erroneously says that the inhabitants were removed toSeleucia Pieria. Antigonia continued, however, to exist, and is mentioned in the war with theParthians after the defeat ofCrassus. (Dion Cass. xl. 29.)
According to Malalas, Seleucus built a shrine toTyche in the city;Demetrius I of Macedon later moved the statue of Tyche from this shrine toArsuz.[1]
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