Antiochia ad Cragum (“Antioch on the Cliffs” or “Antioch at Cragus”) was a Hellenistic Roman city located in Cilicia Trachea (“Rough Cilicia”, also known as Cilicia Aspera and Cilicia Secunda) on the southern coast of modern-day Turkey (in the Gazipasa district of the Antalya province). It was founded c. 42 CE by Antiochus IV of Commagene (l. c. 17 - c. 72 CE; r. 38-72 CE), not by Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Seleucid Empire (r. 175-165 BCE) as claimed by numerous online sites. Antiochus IV of Commagene was the last ruler of the Kingdom of Commagene before it was added to the Roman Empire as a province and was a friend to Rome who was rewarded with coastal land overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
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c. 42 CE - c. 72 CEAntiochia ad Cragum built and first inhabited.
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c. 42 CEAntiochia ad Cragum founded by Antiochus IV of Commagene.
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72 CEAntiochia ad Cragum taken as part of Roman province.
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c. 1080 CE - c. 1375 CEAntiochia ad Cragum known as Antiochetta under the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
