Roman Syria

For other uses, see Syria (disambiguation).

Provincia Syria ἐπαρχία Συρίας eparchía Syrías
Province of the Roman Empire
64 BCE–198 CE
Roman Syria highlighted in 125 AD
Capital	Antioch (now Antakya, Hatay Province, Turkey)
History
• Conquest of Coele-Syria by Pompey	64 BCE
• Province divided into Coele Syria and Phoenice	198 CE
Preceded by Succeeded by Seleucis of Syria Coele-Syria Herodian Tetrarchy  ∟Iturea  ∟Trachonitis Coele Syria (Roman province) Phoenice (Roman province)
Today part of	Syria Lebanon Turkey

Roman Syria was an early Roman province annexed to the Roman Republic in 64 BCE by Pompey in the Third Mithridatic War following the defeat of the King of Armenia, Tigranes the Great, who had become the protector of the Seleucid Empire. The last few centuries of Roman Syria, before the region's incorporation into the Rashidun Caliphate, are called Late antique Syria.

Following the partition of the Herodian kingdom into the Tetrarchy in 4 BCE, it was gradually absorbed into Roman provinces, with Roman Syria annexing the northern tetrarch's territory: Iturea and Trachonitis. By the late 2nd century, the province was divided into Coele Syria and Syria Phoenice.