Euphratensis
| Provincia Augusta Euphratensis ἐπαρχία Εὑφρατησίας | |||||||
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| Province of the Roman Empire | |||||||
| c. 341–7th Century | |||||||
| Capital | Cyrrus or Hierapolis Bambyce | ||||||
| Historical era | Antiquity | ||||||
• Established | c. 341 | ||||||
• Division of the empire by Theodosius I | 395 | ||||||
| 7th Century | |||||||
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| Today part of |  Syria Turkey | ||||||
Euphratensis or Augusta Euphratensis, in Greek Euphratesia (Εὑφρατησία), was a Roman province in Greater Syria, part of the late Roman Diocese of the East.
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.[1] It included the territories of Commagene and Cyrrhestice. Its capital was Cyrrus[2] or perhaps Hierapolis Bambyce.[1]
Episcopal sees
Episcopal sees of Syria Euphratensis included:[3][4]
- Barbalissus
- Cyrrhus
- Doliche (modern Dülük)
- Europus (also known as Amphipolis or Thapsacum)
- Germanicia (modern Kahramanmaraş)
- Hierapolis in Syria
- Marianopolis (Euphratensis) (sometimes placed in Syria Secunda)
- Neocaesarea Euphratensis (also known as Neocaesarea in Syria)
- Perre (modern Adıyaman)
- Samosata
- Zeugma
- Sergiopolis (modern Resafa)
- Sura (Euphratensis)
- Urima
Episcopal sees of Syria Euphratensis II that are now listed in the Annuario Pontificio as titular sees include:[4]
- Agrippias (ruins of Saliliyé)
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
- ^ Joseph Bingham, The Antiquities of the Christian Church, 1855 p. 282
- ^ a b Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013