| Provincia Cilicia Ἐπαρχία Κιλικίας | |||||||||||||
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| Province of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire | |||||||||||||
| 64 BC–8th century | |||||||||||||
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Roman_Empire_-_Cilicia_(125_AD).svg) Roman Cilicia, c. 125 AD | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Tarsus (modern-day Mersin, Turkey) | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Conquest by Pompey | 64 BC | ||||||||||||
| 8th century | |||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Turkey | ||||||||||||
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Cilicia (/sɪˈlɪʃiə/)[1] was an early Roman province, located on what is today the southern (Mediterranean) coast of Turkey. Cilicia was annexed to the Roman Republic in 64 BC by Pompey, as a consequence of his victory over the Cilician pirates and in the Third Mithridatic War. It was subdivided by Diocletian in around 297, and it remained under Roman rule for several centuries, until falling to the Islamic conquests.
- ^ "Cilicia". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. Retrieved 27 April 2018.