Apamea

'''Apamea''' or '''Apameia''' ({{langx|grc|Απάμεια}}) is the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see.

Places called Apamea include: {{TOC right}}

==Asia Minor (Turkey)== * Apamea (Euphrates), in Osroene, opposite Zeugma on the Euphrates, now flooded by the Birecik Dam * Apamea (Phrygia) or Apamea Cibotus, formerly ''Kibotos'', commercial center of Phrygia, near Celaenae, now at Dinar, Afyonkarahisar Province; former bishopric and now a Latin Catholic titular bishopric * Apamea Myrlea or Apamea in Bithynia, formerly ''Myrlea'' and ''Brylleion'', in Bithynia, on the Sea of Marmara; currently near Mudanya, Bursa Province; former archdiocese, Latin Catholic titular archbishopric

==Iraq== * Apamea (Babylonia), on the Tigris near the Euphrates, precise location unknown * Apamea (Sittacene), on the Tigris, precise location unknown

==Iran (Persia)== * Apamea (Media), in Media, near Laodicea (Nahavand, Iran), precise location unknown * Apamea Ragiana, south of the Caspian Gates, in Parthia (later Media)

==Syria== * Apamea, Syria, on the Orontes River, northwest of Hama, Syria, a former Roman provincial capital and Metropolitan Archbishopric, now ** Latin Catholic titular Metropolitan archbishopric ** Melkite Catholic titular Metropolitan archbishopric ** Syriac Catholic Catholic titular Metropolitan archbishopric ** Greek Orthodox titular bishopric ** Maronite Catholic titular bishopric

== See also == * Treaty of Apamea * Apama (disambiguation)

{{SIA}} Category:Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey Category:Former populated places in Iraq Category:Former populated places in Iran Category:Lost ancient cities and towns