Title

Antioch in Syria', 1890.

Caption

'Antioch in Syria', 1890. Antioch, ancient Greek city on the Orontes River, founded in late 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, a general of Alexander the Great. Antioch was the capital of the Seleucid Empire until 63 BC. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F22_099

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,7Mb (4,4Mb) / 18,1in x 13,0in / 5421 x 3914 (300dpi)

Keywords

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