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Antioch on the Orontes ( / ˈ æ n t i ˌ ɒ k / ; also Syrian Antioch ) was an ancient Greek - Roman city on the eastern side of the Orontes River . Its ruins lie near the modern city of Antakya , Turkey , and lends the modern city its name.
Antioch was founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator , one of Alexander the Great 's generals. The city's geographical, military, and economic location benefited its occupants, particularly such features as the spice trade , the Silk Road , and the Persian Royal Road . It eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the Near East. It was also the main center of Hellenistic Judaism at the end of the Second Temple period . Most of the urban development of Antioch was done during
Antioch was called "the cradle of Christianity " as a result of its longevity and the pivotal role that it played in the emergence of both Hellenistic Judaism and Early Christianity . The Christian New Testament asserts that the name Christian first emerged in Antioch. It was one of the four cities of the Syrian tetrapolis , and its residents were known as Antiochenes . The city was once a great metropolis of half a million people during Augustan times, but it declined to insignificance during the Middle Ag