Palaestina Prima

Provincia Palaestina Prima ἐπαρχία Πρώτη Παλαιστίνης
Province of the Diocese of the East (Byzantine Empire)
395–636
Byzantine provinces in the 5th century
Capital	Caesarea Maritima[1]
Historical era	Late Antiquity
• division of the Roman Empire	395
• Samaritan Revolts	484–572
• Persian occupation and Jewish revolt	614–628
• Muslim conquest of Syria	636
Preceded by Succeeded by Syria Palaestina Jund Filastin
Today part of	Israel Jordan Palestine

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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.^[2] It was temporarily lost to the Sassanid Empire (Persian Empire) in 614, but re-conquered in 628.