Roman Syria
Roman Syria was an early Roman province annexed to the Roman Republic in 64 BC by Pompey in the Third Mithridatic War following the defeat of King of Armenia Tigranes the Great, who had become the protector of the Hellenistic kingdom of Syria.
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
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| 64 BC | |||||||||||||||
| 198 AD | |||||||||||||||
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Following the partition of the Herodian Kingdom of Judea into a tetrarchy in 4 BC, it was gradually absorbed into Roman provinces, with Roman Syria annexing Iturea and Trachonitis. By the late 2nd century AD, the province was divided into Coele Syria and Syria Phoenice.
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