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- Orontes River - Wikipedia
In 64 BCE Pompey took the Orontes river valley and made it part of the new Roman province of Syria with Antioch as its capital
- Orontes River | Map, Syria, Facts | Britannica
The city is situated near the Orontes River at the eastern end of Syria’s only natural gateway from the Mediterranean coast to the interior It occupies the site of ancient Emesa, which contained a great temple to the sun god El Gebal (Aramaic; Latin: Elagabalus; Greek: Heliogabalus)
- Orontes (Nahr al-Asi) - Livius
Orontes: river in Syria, modern Nahr al-Asi The Orontes is one of the most famous rivers of Antiquity Its source is in the valley between the Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon, note not far from Hermel, which is just north of Baalbek-Heliopolis
- The Orontes: The Backwards River of the Levant - WorldAtlas
The Orontes River's waters run northward, which is the exact opposite direction of most other rivers in the region around Syria, Turkey, and Lebanon Many other unique characteristics have arisen in this river due to its well-known reverse flow from south to north
- Orontes | History | Research Starters - EBSCO
It originates in the Bekaa Valley, situated between the Libanus and Anti-Libanus mountain ranges in Lebanon, and flows through key historical cities such as Homs and Apamea before reaching the Mediterranean Sea near Seleucia in Pieria, Turkey
- The Orontes River: On Water Imagery and Local Knowledge
The Orontes stands out as the sole perennial river in Western Asia, meandering northward from Lebanon through Syria before merging its waters into the Mediterranean Sea
- The Orontes: A River’s Journey Against the Tide - Fanack Water
The Orontes River, also known as Nahr al-Asi (“the Rebel River”), charts a rare path across the Middle East Originating in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, it runs northward through the plains of Syria before flowing into Turkey and finally the Mediterranean Sea
- Orontes River Explained
Arantu gradually became "Orontes" in Greek In the Greek epic poem Dionysiaca (circa 400 CE), the river is said to have been named after Orontes, an Indian military leader who killed himself and fell into the river after losing to Dionysus in single combat [5]
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