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Apamea

Syria

Apamea on the Orontes, in northwestern Syria near modern Qalaat al-Madiq, was a major Hellenistic city founded by the Seleucids. It was a significant philosophical center: the Stoic Posidonius and the Neopythagorean/Middle Platonist Numenius were both natives, and the Neoplatonist Iamblichus founded his influential school there in the early fourth century AD.

12 most-discussed ideas

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Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Apamea. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.