# Seleucia

Syria · today Samandağ

The port of Antioch, where Paul and Barnabas set sail. The journey that changes the map begins at a dock.

## Ancient names

- Σελεύκεια Πιερία (Seleukeia Pieria): Greek
- Seleucia: Latin

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658483).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/i888a9b.jpg (Htkava, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Column_plinths,_Seleucia_Pieria.jpg).

## Passages

- **Acts 13:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/13/4

## Coordinates

36.1240, 35.9220

## Straight-line distances

- **Salamis**: about 130 mi (210 km) in a straight line, 10 days on foot
- **Jerusalem**: about 300 mi (490 km) in a straight line

## In the reference maps

- **Paul's journeys**: 1st journey (Acts 13:4). https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/viagens-de-paulo

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/seleucia
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1605894
- Geography: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0 (https://www.openbible.info/geo/).
- Text license: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).