Roman Syria

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Provincia Syria ἐπαρχία Συρίας eparchía Syrías
Province of the Roman Empire
64 BC–198 AD
Roman Syria highlighted in 125 AD
Capital	Antioch (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	Syria Lebanon Turkey

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.