Region: West Asia · Coordinates: 36.223, 36.183 · 42 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 217 BC | Polybius, Histories | Antiochus returns to Antioch and negotiates a one-year truce |
| 162 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Demetrius becomes king and sends Bacchides to Judea |
| 150 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Alexander defeats and kills Demetrius in battle and becomes king of Syria |
| 145 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Ptolemy abandons his son-in-law Alexander, joins Demetrius and defeats Alexander in the fighting near Antioch |
| 144 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Tryphon sets the young Antiochus up as king and fights Demetrius |
| 49 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | On Pompey's orders, Scipio beheads Aristobulus's son Alexander at Antioch |
| 41 BC | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | At Daphne near Antioch, a hundred Jewish envoys appeal to Antony, who backs Herod and Phasael and makes them tetrarchs |
| AD 19 | Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars | The widespread view is that he was removed by Tiberius's stratagem and Piso's hand; Piso was sentenced to death at Rome. |
| AD 19 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | Germanicus returns and finds all his orders reversed, and clashes with Piso |
| AD 19 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | Germanicus, as his illness worsens, leaves his final words to the friends at his side |
| AD 19 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | Germanicus' funeral; his praises and virtues are remembered |
| AD 19 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | Agrippina boards ship with Germanicus' ashes and children |
| AD 67 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Alarmed by the news of Cestius's defeat, Nero sends Vespasian as commander in the East |
| AD 67 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | Vespasian leaves Antioch, Syria's capital, with his army and heads for Ptolemais |
| AD 69 | Tacitus, Annals and Histories | Troop recruitment and arms production in Antioch and other places |
| AD 71 | Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews | The people of Antioch welcome Titus and ask him to expel the Jews, but are refused |
| AD 117 | Historia Augusta | Hadrian, governor of Syria, hears of his adoption by Trajan |
| AD 117 | Historia Augusta | He leaves Antioch to receive Trajan's remains and sends them by ship to Rome, then returns to Antioch, appoints Catilius Severus governor of Syria, and heads for Rome via Illyricum |
| AD 175 | Historia Augusta | He pardons the citizens of Antioch who sided with Cassius; on the way to Syria he refused to visit Antioch and Cyrrhus, but later visits Antioch |
| AD 193 | Herodian, History of the Empire | Niger, governor of Syria, accepts the throne at Antioch at the citizens' request and holds an accession ceremony of purple robe and fire carried before him around the temples. |
| AD 193 | Historia Augusta | In Syria the army acclaims Pescennius Niger imperator (said to be out of hostility toward Julianus) |
| AD 194 | Cassius Dio, Roman History | Antioch fell and Niger fled toward the Euphrates but was beheaded by pursuers; his head was sent to Byzantium and hung on a pole |
| AD 194 | Herodian, History of the Empire | Niger, fleeing toward Antioch, is caught by pursuers and killed. |
| AD 214 | Herodian, History of the Empire | Passing through Asia Minor and Bithynia, he reaches Antioch, is given a grand welcome and stays for a time. |
| AD 215 | Cassius Dio, Roman History | At Antioch Antoninus lived in luxury and wrote a letter scolding the Senate as feeble: "I have arms and soldiers" |
| AD 217 | Cassius Dio, Roman History | Julia Domna, at Antioch, beat her breast on hearing of her son's death, which reactivated her breast cancer, and she died by fasting |
| AD 217 | Cassius Dio, Roman History | Diadumenianus, passing among the soldiers at Antioch to meet his father, was proclaimed Caesar by the soldiers and also received the name Antoninus |
| AD 217 | Herodian, History of the Empire | The army raises Macrinus to emperor (they first proposed an older man, who declined). |
| AD 218 | Cassius Dio, Roman History | On 8 June Macrinus was defeated at a village of the Antiochenes (24 miles from the city); the praetorians had the advantage, but Maesa and Soaemias rallied the fleeing soldiers and turned the battle |
| AD 218 | Cassius Dio, Roman History | The defeated Macrinus shaved his head and beard and rode out of Antioch at night, passing through Aegae, Cappadocia, Galatia and Bithynia |
| AD 218 | Cassius Dio, Roman History | Avitus (the false Antoninus) entered Antioch the day after the victory, promising soldiers 2,000 sesterces each to prevent plunder, and sent the Senate a letter slandering Macrinus |
| AD 218 | Herodian, History of the Empire | The defeated Macrinus shaves his beard, slips out of Antioch dressed as a traveler, and runs day and night. |
| AD 218 | Herodian, History of the Empire | The entire eastern army goes over to Antoninus (Elagabalus) and proclaims him emperor. Under his grandmother's guardianship he settles the East and prepares a march on Rome. |
| AD 218 | Historia Augusta | He goes to Antioch and gives himself over to pleasure, giving the army a pretext to kill him |
| AD 231 | Herodian, History of the Empire | Alexander tries to soothe him by letter, telling him to stay in his own land, but Artaxerxes replies in a coercive tone, sending 400 magnificently attired envoys. |
| AD 252 | Zosimus, New History | While the Scythians sweep everywhere and plague spreads, Persia seizes Mesopotamia, enters as far as Antioch, destroys the city and carries off its people as captives. |
| AD 260 | Historia Augusta | Cyriades, in league with Shapur, brings the Persian army into Roman territory and takes Antioch and Caesarea |
| AD 272 | Eutropius, Breviarium | Aurelian captures Zenobia, who held the East after Odaenathus's death, near Antioch without a major battle. |
| AD 272 | Zosimus, New History | Before Antioch, Aurelian wears out Zenobia's heavy cavalry with a feigned retreat, then turns back and destroys them; the survivors flee into the city. |
| AD 540 | Procopius, History of the Wars | Khosrow advances on Antioch with his whole army; some citizens flee, and the commanders of the Lebanon garrisons arrive. |
| AD 540 | Procopius, History of the Wars | Khosrow gives a speech to the Roman envoys that 'God mixes evil with good things'. tradition |
| AD 1098 | Anna Komnene, The Alexiad | The Latin army was shut inside the capital and pressed from both sides: by the garrison of the citadel and by the enemy outside. |