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Roman Syria

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Provincia Syria
ἐπαρχία Συρίας
Province of the Roman Empire
64 BC–198 AD

Roman Syria highlighted in 125 AD
CapitalAntioch
(modern-day Antakya, Hatay, Turkey)
History
History 
• Conquest of Coele-Syria by Pompey
64 BC
• Province divided into Coele Syria and Phoenice
198 AD
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Seleucis of Syria
Coele-Syria
Herodian Tetrarchy
 Iturea
 Trachonitis
Coele Syria (Roman province)
Phoenice (Roman province)
Today part of

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

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Store, Getty Museum. "Roman Syria and the Near East". Getty Museum Store. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  2. 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.