Singara

For the modern city, see Sinjar. For the genus, see Singara (moth). For the Indian snack, see Samosa. For topics related to the Italian word for "Gypsy", see Zingara.
Singara in a detail from Peutinger's map, a medieval copy of a 4th-century Roman original.

Singara (‹See Tfd›Greek: τὰ Σίγγαρα, tà Síngara; Syriac: ܫܝܓܪ)[1] was a strongly fortified post at the northern extremity of Mesopotamia, which for a while, as it appears from coins minted there, was occupied by the Romans as an advanced colony against the Persians. It was the camp of legio I Parthica.[2]

  1. ^ Cassius Dio, XVIII.22.
  2. ^ Account of Legio I Parthica at livius.org