page_title: Seleucia Pieria
hierarchical_section_title: Seleucia Pieria
caption_attribution_description: English: A Roman sarcophagus on the hills of the ancient city, Seleucia Pieria Deutsch: Ein Römischer Sarkophag am Hang der antiken Stadt, Seleukia Pieria Türkçe: Antik şehrin yamacında Roma döneminden kalma bir lahit, Seleucia Pieria
context_page_description: Seleucia in Pieria, also known in English as Seleucia by the Sea, and later named Suedia, was a Hellenistic town, the seaport of Antioch ad Orontes, the Seleucid capital, modern Antakya. The city was built slightly to the north of the estuary of the river Orontes, between small rivers on the western slopes of the Coryphaeus, one of the southern summits of the Amanus Mountains.
  According to Pausanias and Malalas, there was a previous city here named Palaeopolis. At present, it is located at the seaside village of Çevlik
  near the town of Samandağ in the Hatay Province of Turkey. Seleucia, Apamea, Laodicea, and Antioch formed the Syrian tetrapolis.
context_section_description: Seleucia in Pieria (Greek Σελεύκεια ἐν Πιερίᾳ), also known in English as Seleucia by the Sea, and later named Suedia, was a Hellenistic town, the seaport of Antioch ad Orontes (Syria Prima), the Seleucid capital, modern Antakya (Turkey). The city was built slightly to the north of the estuary of the river Orontes, between small rivers on the western slopes of the Coryphaeus, one of the southern summits of the Amanus Mountains.
  According to Pausanias and Malalas, there was a previous city here named Palaeopolis ("Old City"). At present, it is located at the seaside village of Çevlik
  near the town of Samandağ in the Hatay Province of Turkey.  Seleucia, Apamea, Laodicea, and Antioch formed the Syrian tetrapolis.
caption: A Roman sarcophagus on the upper hills of the city
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