Palace of the Dux Ripae

Dura-Europos general excavations plan, Palace of the Dux Ripae is marked as X3/X5
Apse in the Palace

The Palace of the Dux Ripae was the largest and most important building in Dura-Europos during the period of Roman rule. According to the inscriptions, the Palace was erected under Elagabalus (AD 218–222) and it seems to have survived until the Sassanid conquest of Dura-Europos in AD 256.[1]

  1. ^ M. I. Rostovtzeff et al.: Excavations at Dura Europos. 1952