Roman Empire

The city was the and was made magnificent by them. Livy says that Antiochus Epiphanes built at Antioch a temple which had a ceiling of fretted gold, and all the walls of which were covered with plates of gold. (41. 20.) He went beyond the eastern portion of the capital of the Seleucids, all his predece ors in the splendor of the entertainments of all which he provided, and introduced gladiatorial combats after the Roman fashion, which were at first a terror to the citizens. Just in i an rebuilt the city, after its destruction by an earthquake, under the name of Theopolis. sorts 2. ch022.xhtml a 39