Palaestina Secunda

Provincia Palaestina Secunda
ἐπαρχία Δευτέρα Παλαιστίνης
Province of the Diocese of the East, Byzantine Empire
390–636

Byzantine Palestine in the 5th century
CapitalScythopolis
Historical eraLate Antiquity
• division of the Roman Empire
390
• Jewish revolt and Persian occupation
614–625
636
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Syria Palaestina
Jund al-Urdunn
Today part ofIsrael
Jordan
Palestine
Syria

Palaestina Secunda or Palaestina II was a province of the Byzantine Empire from 390,[1] until its conquest by the Muslim armies in 634–636. Palaestina Secunda, a part of the Diocese of the East, roughly comprised inland Galilee, the Jezreel (Yizrael) Valley, Bet Shean Valley, and the corresponding area of Transjordan (parts of the former Decapolis, with the southern territories of the Golan plateau and the bishopric of Pella south of the Yarmuk River), with its capital in Scythopolis (Bet Shean). The province experienced the rise of Christianity under the Byzantines, but was also a thriving center of Judaism, after the Jews had been driven out of Judea by the Romans as a result of their 1st- and 2nd-century revolts .

  1. ^ Lehmann, Clayton Miles (Summer 1998). "Palestine: History: 135–337: Syria Palaestina and the Tetrarchy". The On-line Encyclopedia of the Roman Provinces. University of South Dakota. Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2014-08-24.

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