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Provincia Augusta Euphratensis
ἐπαρχία Εὑφρατησίας
Provincia Augusta Euphratensis; ἐπαρχία Εὑφρατησίας
Province of the Byzantine Empire
c. 341–7th Century
	; Diocese of Orient circa 400, showing Euphratensis
Capital	Cyrrus or Hierapolis Bambyce
Historical era	Late Antiquity
• Established	c. 341
• Division of the empire by Theodosius I	395
• Muslim conquest of the Levant	7th Century
	Succeeded by
Rashidun Caliphate
Today part of	Syria; Turkey

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Euphratensis (Latin for "Euphratean"; Greek: Εὑφρατησία, Euphratēsía), fully Augusta Euphratensis, was a late Roman and then Byzantine province in Syrian region, part of the Byzantine Diocese of the East.

History[edit]

Sometime between 330 and 350 AD (likely c. 341), the Roman province of Euphratensis was created out of the territory of Coele Syria along the western bank of the Euphrates.^[1] It included the territories of Commagene and Cyrrhestice. Its capital was Cyrrus^[2] or perhaps Hierapolis Bambyce.^[1] It remained within the Byzantine Empire following the 395 division of the empire by Theodosius I.

The province is listed in the Laterculus Veronensis from around 314.

The Roman Catholic and Orthodox saints Sergius and Bacchus were supposedly martyred in the city of Resafa in Euphratensis, and the city was later renamed Sergiopolis. Other cities in the province were Samosata and Zeugma.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991). Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford University Press. p. 748. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6.
^ Edmund Spenser Bouchier, Syria as a Roman Province, 1916, p. 155

[kazhdan-1] Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991). Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford University Press. p. 748. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6.

[2] Edmund Spenser Bouchier, Syria as a Roman Province, 1916, p. 155

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+'''Euphratensis''' ([[Latin]] for "[[Euphrates|Euphratean]]"; {{lang-grc-gre|Εὑφρατησία}}, ''Euphratēsía''), fully '''Augusta Euphratensis''', was a late Roman and then [[Byzantine province]] in [[Syria (region)|Syrian region]], part of the Byzantine [[Diocese of the East]].
+==History==
-'''Euphratensis''' or '''Augusta Euphratensis'''({{lang-el|'''Euphratesia'''}}; {{lang|grc|Εὑφρατησία}}) was a [[Roman province]] in [[Greater Syria]], part of the late Roman [[Diocese of the East]].
+Sometime between 330 and 350 AD (likely {{circa|lk=no|341}}), the Roman province of ''Euphratensis'' was created out of the territory of [[Coele Syria (Roman province)|Coele Syria]] along the western bank of the [[Euphrates]].<ref name='kazhdan'>{{cite book | editor-first = Alexander | editor-last = Kazhdan | title = [[Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium]] | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 1991 | isbn = 978-0-19-504652-6 | page=748}}</ref> It included the territories of [[Commagene]] and [[Cyrrhestice]]. Its capital was [[Cyrrus]]<ref>Edmund Spenser Bouchier, ''Syria as a Roman Province'', 1916, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924028520728/page/n170 p. 155]</ref> or perhaps [[Hierapolis Bambyce]].<ref name='kazhdan'/> It remained within the Byzantine Empire following the 395 division of the empire by [[Theodosius I]].
+The province is listed in the [[Laterculus Veronensis]] from around 314.
-Sometime between 330 and 350 (likely ca. 341), the province of ''Euphratensis'' was created out of the territory of ''[[Syria Coele]]'' along the western bank of the [[Euphrates]].<ref name='kazhdan'>{{cite book | first = Alexander (Ed.) | last = Kazhdan | title = [[Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium]] | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 1991 | isbn = 978-0-19-504652-6 | page=748}}</ref>  It included the territories of [[Commagene]] and [[Cyrrhestice]]. Its capital was [[Cyrrus]]<ref>Edmund Spenser Bouchier, ''Syria as a Roman Province'', 1916, [http://books.google.com/books?id=jBU5AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA155 p. 155]</ref> or perhaps [[Hierapolis Bambyce]].<ref name='kazhdan'/>
+The Roman Catholic and Orthodox saints [[Sergius and Bacchus]] were supposedly martyred in the city of [[Resafa]] in Euphratensis, and the city was later renamed Sergiopolis. Other cities in the province were [[Samosata]] and [[Zeugma, Commagene|Zeugma]].
-== Episcopal sees ==
+== References ==
-Ancient episcopal sees of Syria Euphratensis I <ref>Joseph Bingham, ''The Antiquities of the Christian Church'', 1855 [http://books.google.com/books?id=oABKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA282 p. 282]</ref> listed in the ''[[Annuario Pontificio]]'':<ref name=AP>''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013</ref>
-*[[Diocese of Barbalissos|Barbalissus]]
-*[[Cyrrhus]]
-*[[Dülük|Doliche]]
-*[[Dura-Europos|Europus]] (also known as Amphipolis or Thapsacum)
-*[[Germanicia]]
-*[[Hierapolis Euphratensis|Hierapolis in Syria]]
-*Neocaesarea in Syria (also known as Neocaesarea Euphratensis)
-*[[Adıyaman|Perrhe]]
-*[[Samosata]]
-* Sura (Euphratensis)
-* [[Urima]]
-Ancient episcopal sees of Syria Euphratensis II listed in the ''[[Annuario Pontificio]]'' as [[titular see|Roman Catholic titular sees]] include:<ref name=AP/>
-*Agrippias (ruins of Saliliyé)
-*Orisa (Tayibe)
-*[[Sergiopolis]]
-*Serigene (Isriyë)
-==References==
 {{Reflist}}
 {{Late Roman Provinces|state=collapsed}}
+{{Authority control}}
-[[Category:Roman Syria]]
+[[Category:Late Roman Syria]]
 [[Category:Late Roman provinces]]
 [[Category:Provinces of the Byzantine Empire]]
 [[Category:States and territories established in the 4th century]]
+[[Category:4th-century establishments in the Roman Empire]]
+[[Category:States and territories disestablished in the 7th century]]