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    Roman Syria

    Roman province (64 BC - 198 AD)

    Roman Syria was an early Roman province annexed to the Roman Republic in 64 BC by Pompey in the Third Mithridatic War following the defeat of King of Armenia Tigranes the Great, who had become the protector of the Hellenistic kingdom of Syria. Following the partition of the Herodian Kingdom of Judea into a tetrarchy in 4 BC, it was gradually absorbed into Roman provinces, with Roman Syria annexing Iturea and Trachonitis. By the late 2nd century AD, the province was divided into Coele Syria and Syria Phoenice. Wikipedia

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    20 square meter Byzantine era mosaic found in Maryamin, Syria, currently located in the Hama museum After c. 415, Syria Coele was further subdivided into Syria I (or Syria Prima), with its capital remaining at Antioch, and Syria II (Syria Secunda) or Syria Salutaris, with its capital at Apamea on the Orontes. In 528, Justinian I carved out the small coastal province Theodorias out of territory ...
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  5. britannica.com

    5 days agoSyria - Hellenistic, Roman, Empire: After Alexander's death in 323 bce his marshals contended for control of the country until, after the Battle of Ipsus (301), Seleucus I Nicator gained the northern part and Ptolemy I Soter gained the southern (Coele Syria). This partition between the Seleucids and the Ptolemies was maintained for 100 years. Their administrative methods varied. In the south ...
  6. oxfordbibliographies.com

    Jan 11, 2024Therefore, when approaching the subject of Syria and Palestine in the Byzantine Empire, it is important to remember that this approach tends to be from two perspectives; those who concentrate more on Syria/Lebanon and those who work more in Israel and the Palestinian Territories and/or Jordan.
  7. The Roman general Pompey annexed Syria in 64 BCE and thus began the era of Roman hegemony over the region. Roman Syria was a larger province than the modern country, including both the region of Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey) and much of modern Lebanon, Israel, and Palestine. The province was administered from the cities of Antioch and Tyre. And though the territory itself underwent several ...
  8. academic.oup.com

    Control of cities and regions that had historically constituted the Roman imperium validated claims made by Byzantium's ruling elite of presiding over the 'New Rome'. 1 Antioch held a particular resonance within Byzantine circles, due to its status as a former capital of the eastern Roman Empire. Antioch, and the rest of northern Syria, had fallen from imperial dominion during the Arab ...
  9. 5 days agoCompelling new research from the University of Oxford argues that early medieval soldiers were recruited from Britain into the Byzantine army in 575AD and fought against the Sasanians in modern-day Armenia and Syria. This offers a viewpoint with significant implications for our understanding of the early medieval period in England.
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