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Antiochia ad Taurum
Background
Antiochia ad Taurum (Αντιόχεια του Ταύρου; "Antiochia in the Taurus") was an ancient Hellenistic city in the Taurus Mountains of Cilicia (later Commagene province), Anatolia. Most modern scholars locate Antiochia ad Taurum at or near Gaziantep, Gaziantep Province, Turkey (formerly called Aïntab), although past scholars tried to associate it with Aleppo (formerly Halab), Syria. Coins were minted at Antiochia ad Taurum. Antiochia ad Taurum was Christianized early and formed a bishopric see in Commagene.
