Proper noun
Apamea (uncountable)
(historical) The name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see
Dorling Kindersley: London, 2000, p. 179. It had apparently come under Seleucid control by 190 BC, when the Seleucids' defeat in the Battle of Magnesia resulted in Lycia being awarded to Rhodes in the Peace of Apamea in 188 BC. Source: Internet
Theodoret was compelled to leave Cyrrhus and retire to his monastery at Apamea. Source: Internet
Numenius of Apamea was reported to have asked, “What else is Plato than Moses speaking Greek?” Source: Internet