Roman Syria

Provincia Syria
ἐπαρχία Συρίας
eparchía Syrías
Province of the Roman Empire
64 BC–198 AD

Roman Syria highlighted in 125 AD
CapitalAntioch
(modern-day Antakya, Hatay, Turkey)
History 
• Conquest of Coele-Syria by Pompey
64 BC
• Province divided into Coele Syria and Phoenice
198 AD
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Seleucis of Syria
Coele-Syria
Herodian Tetrarchy
 Iturea
 Trachonitis
Coele Syria (Roman province)
Phoenice (Roman province)
Today part of

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.[1]

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.

  1. ^ Sicker, Martin (2001). Between Rome and Jerusalem: 300 Years of Roman-Judaean Relations. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-275-97140-3.