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Ascalon was an important city near Jerusalem which changed hands several times during the Crusades. During the Battle of Ascalon in 1099, Crusaders successfully fought off an Egyptian army sent to relieve Jerusalem. In 1101, at the First Battle of Ramleh, An Egyptian army under emir Sa'ad ed-Daula al-Qawasi was defeated by Baldwin I, though at the cost of nearly half his knights. (http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQ...s_ascalon.htm)
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Antiochus was born in the latter part of the second century B.C.E. in Ascalon (whose site is in present-day Israel) and died in 69/8 B.C.E. Early in life he moved to Athens, at this time still the center of the ancient philosophical world, where he became a member of the Academy, the philosophical school that had been founded by Plato in the fourth century B.C.E.
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/antiochus-ascalon/)
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To say that Anet's use of Ascalon is as a 'biblical' reference, it might be stretching the connection a bit.
If you were to say that they are re-using an important historical city placename, then you might be a lot closer.
But, of course, only someone who likes and studies history would likely know much about 'Old' Ascalon anyhow ..... unless you shortcut with wikipedia (and they are not always accurate, remember).
