Apamea
Ancient city · Iraq
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 34.217, 43.867
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
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History
Apamea or Apameia was an ancient city – and possibly two ancient cities lying close together – of Mesopotamia mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium and Pliny as situated near the Tigris near the confluence of the Euphrates, the precise location of which is still uncertain, but it lies in what later is Iraq.