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Roman Syria
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Roman Syria
Syria
was an early
Roman province
, annexed to the
Roman Republic
in 64 BC by
Pompey
in the
Third Mithridatic War
following the defeat of
Armenian
King
Tigranes the Great
. Following the partition of the
Herodian Kingdom
into tetrarchies in 6 AD, it was gradually absorbed into Roman provinces, with Roman Syria annexing
Iturea and Trachonitis
. Later, in 135 AD, in the aftermath of the
Bar Kokhba revolt
, Syrian province was merged with
Judea province
, creating the larger province of
Syria Palaestina
.
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