Antĭŏchēa or Antĭŏchīa (like Alexandrēa, Alexandrīa, q. v.; cf. Prisc. p. 588 P., and Ochsn. Eclog. 143), ae, f., = *)antio/xeia, Antioch.I.The name of several cities.A.The most distinguished is that founded by Seleucus Nicator, and named after his father Antiochus; the chief town of Syria, on the Orontes, now Antakia, Just. 15, 4; Cic. Arch. 3, 4; cf. Mann. Syr. 363.— B.A town in Caria, on the Mœander; also called *i*iuqo/polis, Liv. 38, 13; Plin. 5, 29, 29, 108.—C.In Mesopotamia, afterwards called Edessa, Plin. 5, 24, 21, 86.—D.In Mygdonia (Mesopotamia), *)antio/xeia h\ *mugdonikh/, now Nisibin, Plin. 6, 13, 16, 42.— E.In Macedonia; its inhabitants, Antiochienses, Plin. 4, 10, 17, 35.—II.The province of Syria, in which Antiochia, on the Orontes, was situated, Plin. 5, 12, 13, 66; Mel. 1, 11, 12.