المدن الأربع السورية

المشرق القديم

المدن الأربع tetrapolis السورية تكونت من المدن أنطاكية وSeleucia Pieria, Apamea, and Laodicea in Syria.

المدن الأربع السلوقية

The region known as 'Seleucis of Syria' was administered by a Tetrapolis of the four largest cities founded by Seleucus Nicator;

Antioch Epidaphne —from the name of his father and the largest city.
Laodiceia —from his mother.
Apameia —from his wife Apama.
Seleuceia in Pieria —eponym of the founder.

سوريا العليا

خريطة نهر العاصي. White lines are country borders, river names are italic on a blue background, current cities or major towns have white backgrounds, orange background for other places of significance.

Under the Macedonian kings, Upper Syria (Syria Superior) was divided into four parts (tetrarchies) which were named after their capitals;

أنطاكية
Apamea
Laodicea ad Mare (now اللاذقية)
Seleuceia (indeterminate location)

Seleukeia Near Belos
Seleukeia In Pieria/Seleukeia On the Bay of Issos
Seleucia at the Zeugma
Seleucia ad Pyramum
Seleucia ad Calycadnum

Under the Romans, the province was divided into nine districts :

Cassiotis
Apamene, capital Apamea in Syria
Chalcidice
Seleucis
Pieria
Commagene
Cyrrhestice
Chalybonitis
Palmyrene.

المراجع

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^ Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) (1842). . C. Knight. pp. 476–. Antient Divisions of Syria. –Under the Macedonian kings Syria was divided into four parts (tetrarchies), which were named after their capitals, Antioch, Seleuceia, Apamea, and Laodicea. Both the Greeks and the Romans called the northern portion of Syria, that is the whole country with the exception of Coele-Syria, Phoenice, and Palestine, by the name of Upper Syria (???, Syria Superior), to distinguish it from Coele Syria (???, that is, the Hollow Syria), which was the name given to the valley between the ridges of Libanus and Anti Libanus. Under the Romans the province was divided into nine districts: Cassiotis, Apamene, Chalcidice, Seleucis, Pieria, Commagene, Cyrrhestice, Chalybonitis, Palmyrene.(Image of p. 476 at Google Books)
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