Antĭŏchēa or Antĭŏchīa (like Alexandrēa, Alexandrīa, q. v.; cf. Prisc. p. 588 P., and Ochsn. Eclog. 143), ae, f., = Ἀντιόχεια, Antioch.
I The name of several cities.
A The most distinguished is that founded by Seleucus Nicator , and named after his father Antiochus; the chief town of Syria , on the Orontes , now Antakia , Just. 15, 4; Cic. Arch. 3, 4; cf. Mann. Syr. 363.—
B A town in Caria , on the Maeander; also called Πυθόπολις, Liv. 38, 13; Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 108.—
C In Mesopotamia , afterwards called Edessa , Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 86.—
D In Mygdonia (Mesopotamia), Ἀντιόχεια ἡ Μυγδονική, now Nisibin , Plin. 6, 13, 16, § 42.—
E In Macedonia; its inhabitants , Antiochienses, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 35.—
II The province of Syria , in which Antiochia , on the Orontes , was situated , Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66; Mel. 1, 11, 12.