Antioch

n. Antakya, town in south Turkey; city in California (USA); capital of ancient east Roman Empire from 64 BC to 260 AD; commercial center and capital of ancient kingdom of Syria; early central place for Christianity

Antioch on the Orontes (Greek: Αντιόχεια η επί Δάφνη, Αντιόχεια η επί Ορόντου or Αντιόχεια η Μεγάλη; Latin: Antiochia ad Orontem; also Antiochia dei Siri, Great Antioch or Syrian Antioch) was an ancient city on the eastern side (left bank) of the Orontes River, located on the site of the modern city of Antakya, Turkey.
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Noun
1. a town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity
(synonym) Antakya, Antakiya
(hypernym) town
(part-holonym) Turkey, Republic of Turkey

28 June 1098. The most famous battle of the first crusade , the beseiged crusaders , inside of Antioch, sallied forth arranged into six divisions, defeating their Saracen attackers in a brutal engagement, were the heavy cavalry of the knights, using cohesion in a frontal charge, shattered the bulk of Kerbogha’s army. Present at the battle was Godrey de Bouillon, one of the nine worthies .

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