Mesopotamia (Roman province)
Mesopotamia was the name of a Roman province, initially a short-lived creation of the Roman emperor Trajan in 116–117 and then re-established by Emperor Septimius Severus in c. 198. Control of the province was subsequently fought over between the Roman and the Sassanian empires until the Muslim conquests of the 7th century.
| Provincia Mesopotamia ἐπαρχία Μεσοποταμίας | |||||||||
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| Province of the Roman Empire | |||||||||
| 116–117 198–637 | |||||||||
Provincia Mesopotamia within the Roman Empire. | |||||||||
| Capital | Amida (Diyarbakır) / Dara (Oğuz) / Nisibis (Nusaybin) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Antiquity | ||||||||
• Established by Trajan | 116 | ||||||||
• Evacuated by Hadrian | 117 | ||||||||
• Re-established by Septimius Severus | 198 | ||||||||
| 637 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Iraq Turkey Syria | ||||||||
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