Apamea
# Apamea

Apamea or Apameia (Ancient Greek: 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:

## 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
