Provincia Syria ἐπαρχία Συρίας | |||||||||||||||
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Province of the Roman Empire | |||||||||||||||
64 BC–198 AD | |||||||||||||||
![]() Roman Syria highlighted in 125 AD | |||||||||||||||
Capital | Antioch (modern-day Antakya, Hatay, Turkey) | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
• Conquest of Coele-Syria by Pompey | 64 BC | ||||||||||||||
• Province divided into Coele Syria and Phoenice | 198 AD | ||||||||||||||
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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]
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