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Syria (province) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 12 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.2000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 036 09 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 36.1500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Upon Pompey's defeat of Tigranes of Armenia, he made Syria a Roman province (64 BCE). Under the early empire, Syria, which stretched northeast to the upper Euphrates and, until 73 CE, included eastern Cilicia, became one of the most important provinces. Later Ituraea was incorporated and Judaea became its own province (later Syria Palaestina). Commagene was permanently annexed by Vespasian in 72 and the important caravan city of Palmyra came under Roman control, possibly during the reign of Tiberius. The province of Syria was itself divided into Syria Coele in the north and Syria Phoenice in the south. By the early 5th century it was subdivided into at least five provinces. The frontiers of the province were guarded by a fortified limes system. |
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| Syria (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Assyria (C,U,Latin)
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| Siria (C,U,Spanish)
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| Siria (Italian)
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| Syrien (C,U,German)
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| Syrie (C,U,French)
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| سوريا (ولاية رومانية) (C,U,Arabic)
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| Συρίη (C,U,Ancient Greek)
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| سوريا (C,U,O,Arabic)
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| Συρία (C,U,Ancient Greek)
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| ولاية سوريا (C,U,Arabic)
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| province (preferred, H) |
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of the Roman Empire, from 64 BCE |
| former administrative division (C) |
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| first level subdivision (H) |
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Sūrīyah .......... (nation) |
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