Palaestina Prima

Palaestina Prima or Palaestina I was a Byzantine province that existed from the late 4th century until the Muslim conquest of the Levant in the 630s, in the region of Palestine. It was temporarily lost to the Sassanid Empire (Persian Empire) in 614, but re-conquered in 628.

Provincia Palaestina Prima
ἐπαρχία Πρώτη Παλαιστίνης
Province of the Diocese of the East (Byzantine Empire)
395–636

Byzantine provinces in the 5th century
CapitalCaesarea Maritima
Historical eraLate Antiquity
 division of the Roman Empire
395
484–572
614–628
636
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Syria Palaestina
Jund Filastin
Today part ofIsrael
Jordan
Palestine
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