Seleucus founded Antioch on a site chosen through ritual means. An eagle, the bird of Zeus, had been given a piece of sacrificial meat and the city was founded on the site to which the eagle carried the offering. Seleucus did this on the 22nd day of the month of Artemísios in the twelfth year of his reign, equivalent to May 300 BC.John Malalas, Book 8, pp.199–202 Antioch soon rose above Seleucia Pieria to become the Syrian capital.
Seleucus founded Antioch on a site chosen through ritual means. An eagle, the bird of Zeus, had been given a piece of sacrificial meat and the city was founded on the site to which the eagle carried the o?ffering. Seleucus did this on the 22nd day of the month of Artemísios in the twelfth year of his reign, equivalent to ?May 300 BC.John Malalas, Book 8, pp.199–202 Antioch soon ro:se above Seleucia Pieria to become the Syrian capital.