Euphratensis
| Provincia Augusta Euphratensis ἐπαρχία Εὑφρατησίας | |||||||
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| Province of the Roman Empire | |||||||
| c. 341–7th Century | |||||||
 Diocese of Orient circa 400, showing Euphratensis | |||||||
| 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 (Latin for "Euphratean"; Greek: Εὑφρατησία, Euphratēsía), fully Augusta Euphratensis, was a Roman province in Greater Syria, part of the late Roman Diocese of the East.
History
Sometime between 330 and 350 (likely c. 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
Ancient episcopal sees of the Roman province of Syria Euphratensis Prima listed in the Annuario Pontificio as titular sees:[3]
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Ancient episcopal sees of the Roman province of Syria Euphratensis Secunda listed in the Annuario Pontificio as titular sees:[3]
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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
- ^ a b Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013