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Antioch on the Orontes (/ ˈænti.ɒk /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, romanized: Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou, pronounced [anti.ó.kʰeː.a]) [note 1] was a Hellenistic Greek city [1][2] founded by Seleucus I Nicator in 300 BC. [3] One of the most important Greek cities of the Hellenistic period, [2] it ...
Antiochus IV Epiphanes[ note 1 ] (c. 215 BC–November/December 164 BC) [ 1 ] was a Greek Hellenistic King who ruled the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death in 164 BC. He was a son of King Antiochus III the Great. Originally named Mithradates (alternative form Mithridates), he assumed the name Antiochus after he ascended the throne. [ 2 ]
Christianity "emerged as a sect of Judaism in Roman Judea" [ 1 ] in the syncretistic Hellenistic world of the first century AD, which was dominated by Roman law and Greek culture. [ 2 ] It started with the ministry of Jesus, who proclaimed the coming of the Kingdom of God. [ 3 ][ web 1 ] After his death by crucifixion, some of his followers are ...
Map of the territorial extent of the Crusader states (Edessa, Antioch, Tripoli, and Jerusalem) in the Holy Land in 1135, shortly before the Second Crusade. The Crusader states, or Outremer, were four Catholic polities that existed in the Levant from 1098 to 1291. Following the principles of feudalism, the foundation for these polities was laid ...
Robert the Monk, Historia Iherosolimitana December 1. Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, is the first ruler to join the crusade. 1096 August 15. Godfrey of Bouillon, Duke of Lower Lotharingia, departs for the crusade. His brother, Baldwin of Boulogne, and their kinsman, Baldwin of Bourcq, accompany him. 1097 c. January 20. Godfrey swears fealty to Alexios I in Constantinople. 1098 March. The ...
Raymond swears fealty to John II and promises to renounce Antioch in return for Aleppo, Shaizar, Homs and Emesa after these towns are conquered. [181] 1138. Early. Raymond orders the arrest of the Muslim merchants in Antioch. [182] Spring. The united Byzantine and crusader armies unsuccessfully besiege Aleppo, but they take al-Atarib and Kafartab.
The incident at Antioch was an Apostolic Age dispute between the apostles Paul and Peter which occurred in the city of Antioch around the middle of the first century. [1] The primary source for the incident is Paul's Epistle to the Galatians 2:11–14. [1] Since the 19th century figure Ferdinand Christian Baur, biblical scholars have found ...
The siege of Antioch took place during the First Crusade in 1097 and 1098, on the crusaders' way to Jerusalem through Syria. Two sieges took place in succession. The first siege, by the crusaders against the city held by the Seljuk Empire, lasted from 20 October 1097 [ 11 ] to 3 June 1098. The second siege, of the crusader-held city by a Seljuk ...