. f Tetrapolis(TfTpcnr<, 4 cities). It had a considerablecommerce, the Orontes being navigable up tothe city, and the high road between Asia andEurope passing through it. Under the Romans 76 ANTIOCHIA it was metropolis of the province and the resi-dence of the proconsuls of Syria; it was fa-voured and visited by emperors; and was madea colonia with theJus Italicum byAntoninus far in-ferior to Alexan-dria as a seat oflearning, yet itderived some dis-tinction in thisrespect from theteaching of Li-banius and oth
. f Tetrapolis(TfTpcnr<, 4 cities). It had a considerablecommerce, the Orontes being navigable up tothe city, and the high road between Asia andEurope passing through it. Under the Romans 76 ANTIOCHIA it was metropolis of the province and the resi-dence of the proconsuls of Syria; it was fa-voured and visited by emperors; and was madea colonia with theJus Italicum byAntoninus far in-ferior to Alexan-dria as a seat oflearning, yet itderived some dis-tinction in thisrespect from theteaching of Li-banius and othersophists; and itseminence in artis attested by thebeautiful gemsand medals stillfound among itsruins. The an-nexed figure, re-presenting theGenius of An-tioch, was thework of Euty-chides of Sicyon, a pupil of Lysippus. It repre-sents Antioch as a female figure, seated on therock Silpius and crowned with towers, with earsof corn in her hand, and with the river Orontesat her feet. This figure appears constantly onthe later coins of Antioch.—Antioch was de-. Genius of Antioch.
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