archaicwonder:Apamea by CharlesFred on Flickr.Apamea, Syria is a Seleucide city located 55 km (35 mi
archaicwonder:Apamea by CharlesFred on Flickr.Apamea, Syria is a Seleucide city located 55 km (35 miles) from Hama on the right side of the Orontes river. It was founded by Seleukos Nikator around 300 BC and its population exceeded half a million. Most of the remaining ruins were built in the Roman and Byzantine period. -- source link
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