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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]]. |
'''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]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Revision as of 13:09, 5 May 2018
| Provincia Augusta Euphratensis ἐπαρχία Εὑφρατησίας | |||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
| 7th Century | |||||||
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| Today part of |  Syria Turkey | ||||||
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
Sometime between 330 and 350 (likely c. 341), the Roman province of Euphratensis was created out of the territory of Syria Coele 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.
References
- ^ 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