Palaestina Salutaris

Palaestina III Salutaris
Ἐπαρχία τρίτης Παλαιστίνης
Province of the Byzantine Empire, Diocese of the East
c.300–636

Palaestina Salutaris within Diocese of the East, in 400 CE
CapitalPetra
Historical eraLate Antiquity
• Established
c.300
612–628
636
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Petra
Bilad al-Sham

Palaestina Salutaris or Palaestina Tertia was a Byzantine (Eastern Roman) province, which covered the area of the Negev, Sinai (except the north-western coast) and south-west of Transjordan, south of the Dead Sea. The province, a part of the Diocese of the East, was split from Arabia Petraea during the reforms of Diocletian in c.300 CE[1] and existed until the Muslim Arab conquests of the 7th century.

  1. ^ The Transfer of the Negev, Sinai and Southern Transjordan from "Arabia" to "Palaestina", YORAM TSAFRIR, Israel Exploration Journal, Vol. 36, No. 1/2 (1986), pp. 77-86, https://www.jstor.org/stable/27926015