Roman Syria
| Provincia Syria ἐπαρχία Συρίας | |||||||||||||||
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| Province of the Roman Empire | |||||||||||||||
| 64 BC–198 AD | |||||||||||||||
.svg) Roman Syria highlighted in 125 AD | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Antioch (modern-day Antakya, Hatay, Turkey) | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
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• Conquest of Coele-Syria by Pompey | 64 BC | ||||||||||||||
• Province divided into Coele Syria and Phoenice | 198 AD | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||||||||
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Roman Syria (Latin: Provincia Syria; Greek: ἐπαρχία Συρίας) was a province of the Roman Republic, and later, the Roman Empire.[1] The Romans gained it in the Third Mithridatic War in 64 BC, and the province got divided by the late 2nd century AD into Coele Syria and Syria Phoenice.[2] The province was mostly in modern-day Syria and Lebanon, but also had territory in Turkey.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Store, Getty Museum. "Roman Syria and the Near East". Getty Museum Store. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
- ↑ Downey, Glanville (1951). "The Occupation of Syria by the Romans". Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. 82: 149–163. doi:10.2307/283427. ISSN 0065-9711.
