| Province of Assyria Provincia Assyria (Latin) | |||||||||
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| Province of the Roman Empire | |||||||||
| 116–118 | |||||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Roman_Empire_-_Assyria_(117_AD).svg) The province of Assyria in 117 AD, highlighted in red | |||||||||
| Historical era | Antiquity | ||||||||
• Established by Trajan | 116 | ||||||||
• Evacuated by Hadrian | 118 | ||||||||
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Assyria (/əˈsɪəriə/) was a short-lived Roman province in Mesopotamia that was created by Trajan in 116 during his campaign against the Parthian Empire. After Trajan's death, the newly proclaimed emperor Hadrian ordered the evacuation of Assyria in 118.