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To the east of Antioch are the Euphrates, Bambyce,Also Hierapolis, the modern Kara Bambuche. Beroea,Beroea owes its name to Seleucus Nicator, and continued to be so called till the conquest of the Arabs under Abu Obeidah, A. D. 638, when it resumed its ancient name of Chaleb, or Chalybon. and Heracleia, small towns formerly under the government of Dionysius, the son of Heracleon. Heracleia is distant 20 stadia from the temple of Diana Cyrrhestis.
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Then follows the district of Cyrrhestica,The territory subject to the town Cyrrhus, now Coro. which extends as far as that of Antioch. On the north near it are Mount Amanus and Commagene. Cyrrhestica extends as far as these places, and touches them. Here is situated a city, Gindarus, the acropolis of Cyrrhestica, and a convenient resort for robbers, and near it a place called Heracleium. It was near these places that Pacorus, the eldest of the sons of the Parthian king, who had invaded Syria, was defeated by Ventidius, and killed.
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Pagrae,Baghras. in the district of Antioch, is close to Gindarus. It is a strong fortress situated on the pass over the Amanus, which leads from the gates of the Amanus into Syria. Below Pagrae lies the plain of Antioch, through which flow the rivers Arceuthus, Orontes, and Labotas.The modern names of the Arceuthus and Labotas are unknown. In this plain is also the trench of Meleagrus, and the river Oenoparas,The Afreen on the banks of which Ptolemy Philometor, after having defeated Alexander Balas, died of his wounds.B. C. 145.
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Above these places is a hill called Trapezon from its form,A table. and upon it Ventidius engaged PhranicatesCalled Phraates by Pseudo-Appian, in Parthicis, p. 72. the Parthian general.
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After these places, near the sea, are SeleuceiaSelefkeh. and Pieria, a mountain continuous with the Amanus and Rhosus, situated between Issus and Seleuceia.
