Phoenice Libanensis (Greek: Φοινίκη Λιβανησία, lit. 'Lebanese Phoenicia', also known in Latin as Phoenice Libani, or Phoenice II/Phoenice Secunda), was a province of the Roman Empire, covering the Anti-Lebanon Mountains and the territories to the east, all the way to Palmyra. It was officially created c. 394, when the Roman province of Phoenice was divided into Phoenice proper or Phoenice Paralia, and Phoenice Libanensis, a division that persisted until the region was conquered by the Muslim Arabs in the 630s.
Phoenice Libanensis Φοινίκη Λιβανησία | |||||||||||||
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Province of the Byzantine Empire | |||||||||||||
c. 394–635 | |||||||||||||
Page from the Notitia Dignitatum showing the area of the province of Phoenice Libanensis. | |||||||||||||
Capital | Emesa | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Late Antiquity | ||||||||||||
• Created during the reign of Theodosius the Great | c. 394 | ||||||||||||
635 | |||||||||||||
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Today part of | Syria Lebanon |