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Antiochus = king of Syria (1)

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12 Assyrian Identity



12 Assyrian Identity




01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery


Keywords
Charax
Seleucid Empire
Syria
Period
1st century CE
Roman Empire
Channel
Roman philosophers and scholars


Text
Pliny the Elder, Naturalia Historia 6.31:
The original town [Charax at the Persian Gulf] was … restored by Antiochus, the fifth king [of Syria], who gave it his own name


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Pliny the Elder, Naturalia Historia 6.31

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Antioch later Charax (Perseus)

Simo Parpola


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