Syria I or Syria Prima ("First Syria", in Greek : Πρώτη Συρία , Prṓtē Suríā ) was a Byzantine province, formed c. 415 out of Syria Coele . The province survived until the Muslim conquest of Syria in the 630s.
4-569: Syria I emerged out of Syria Coele, which during the reign of Antiochus III was one of the four satrapies in its region that included Phoenicia, Idumea, and an unknown territory that included Palestine. The Syria Coele region along the Euphrates was separated to form the province of Euphratensis . After c. 415 Syria Coele was further subdivided into Syria I (or Syria Prima ), with the capital remaining at Antioch , and Syria II ( Syria Secunda ) or Syria Salutaris , with capital at Apamea on
8-577: The Battle of Yarmouk and the fall of Antioch . This article about a populated place in the Byzantine Empire is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Euphratensis Euphratensis ( Latin for " Euphratean "; ‹See Tfd› Greek : Εὑφρατησία , Euphratēsía ), fully Augusta Euphratensis , was a late Roman and then Byzantine province in Syrian region , part of
12-694: The Byzantine Diocese of the East . Sometime between 330 and 350 AD (likely c. 341 ), the Roman province of Euphratensis was created out of the territory of Coele Syria along the western bank of the Euphrates . It included the territories of Commagene and Cyrrhestice . Its capital was Cyrrus or perhaps Hierapolis Bambyce . It remained within the Byzantine Empire following
16-585: The Orontes . In 528, Justinian I carved out the small coastal province Theodorias out of territory from both provinces. The region remained one of the most important provinces of the Byzantine Empire . It was governed by a Consularis based in Antioch. Syria Prima was occupied by the Sasanians between 609 and 628 , then recovered by the emperor Heraclius , but lost again to the advancing Muslims after
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