Euphratensis
| Provincia Augusta Euphratensis ἐπαρχία Εὑφρατησίας | |||||||
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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 (
Byzantine province in Syrian region, part of the Byzantine Diocese of the East
.
History
Sometime between 330 and 350 AD (likely c. 341), the Roman province of Euphratensis was created out of the territory of
Hierapolis Bambyce.[1] It remained within the Byzantine Empire following the 395 division of the empire by Theodosius I
.
The province is listed in the Laterculus Veronensis from around 314.
The Roman Catholic and Orthodox saints
Zeugma
.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6.
- ^ Edmund Spenser Bouchier, Syria as a Roman Province, 1916, p. 155