Apamea

This article is about the ancient cities named Apamea; for the moth genus, see Apamea (moth genus)

Apamea or Apameia (Greek: Απάμεια) is the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the wife of Seleucus I Nicator:

Apamea (Syria), on the Orontes River, northwest of Hama, Syria
Apamea (Babylonia), on the Tigris near the Euphrates, precise location unknown, now in Iraq
Apamea (Sittacene), on the Tigris, precise location unknown, now in Iraq
Apamea (Media), in Media, near Laodicea (Nahavand, Iran), precise location unknown
Apamea Myrlea, formerly Myrlea and Brylleion, in Bithynia, on the Sea of Marmara; currently near Mudanya, Bursa Province, Turkey
Apamea (Euphrates), in Osroene, opposite Zeugma on the Euphrates, now flooded by the Birecik Dam, Turkey
Apamea (Phrygia), formerly Kibotos, commercial center of Phrygia, near Celaenae, now at Dinar, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey
Apamea Ragiana, south of the Caspian Gates in Parthia (later Media); now in Iran