Syria
Syria
Brief history of the province excerpted from UNRV History- Roman Empire.
Who was who in the Roman Empire: Syria
Cesar's Kastoun Photo Collection
"These pictures are submitted by Cesar (Kayssar) Kastoun. They are wonderful 30 pictures from Lebanon. This page gives the access for Low/High resolution files of the same photo.
Zeugma
"The city had been the capital of allied kings of the Roman Empire
one of whom, Antiochus IV, was described as a man "who had inherited great wealth and was the richest client-king of all" (Tacitus Hist 2.81.1). In the first century AD, the kingdom was annexed by Rome to the province of Syria, the city flourished as a frontier town of the Roman Empire, and an entire legion of 5000 soldiers was placed there. Written sources provided occasional insights at various points during its subsequent history but the flesh for these boneswas to be found within the town wall circuit of 5 km enclosing some 250 ha/ 600 acres, and beyond it in the remains of the ancient villages, farms, aqueducts, quarries and roads of its hinterland."
Lost Roman Treasure: Experts rescue priceless mosaics from an ancient city about to vanish beneath a resrvoir
Excellent overview of the project.
Zeugma: A Roman site in Asia Minor...
" ZEUGMA lies on the EUPHRATES river, which served as a link between ANATOLIA and MESOPOTAMIA from the earliest times.It is near the village of BELKIS 10 km. east of NISIBIS (Nizip) in the province of GAZIANTEP. Zeugma and Samosata (today known as Belkis and Samsat respectively) were situated at the two easiest points for crossing this great river
In particular, this route was used to bring timber from the AMANUS and TAURUS mountains to the first literate, urban civilizations of Southern Mesopotamia and probably by Assyrian traders in metals passing to and from their outpost at Kultepe in Central Anatolia."
A Brief History of Zeugma
by Dr. M. Semih SUMMAK (P.hD) .
The Roman Army at Zeugma
Courtesy of MAVORS: Institute for Ancient Military History.
Lebanon 1200 Images
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." Excellent catalogue of images from Lebanon assembled by the American University of Beriut.
Vaballathus and Zenobia (270-272 A.D.)
Copyright (C) 1997. Jacqueline F. Long. Excerpted from the DIR :An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors.
Ancient History Sourcebook: Vopiscus: Aurelian's Conquest of Palmyra, 273 CE
From: William Stearns Davis, ed., Readings in Ancient History: Illustrative Extracts from the Sources, 2 Vols. (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1912-13), Vol. II: Rome and the West, pp. ??. Courtesy of the Internet Ancient History Sourcebook.
Baalbek
Courtesy of Focus Online Magazine.
Dura-Europos,'Pompeii of the Syrian Desert'
Dura-Europos is an ancient city in Eastern Syria, destroyed by war and abandoned in the third century AD. Excavations in the 1920s and Ô30s, renewed since the 1980s, have revealed spectacular remains of elaborately decorated buildings (including a painted synagogue and a very early Christian shrine), and astonishingly well-preserved artefacts. These famous finds led to the city being dubbed the ÔPompeii of the Syrian desertÕ. Courtesyof Simon James.q
Ancient Coins of Syria
Excerpted from Digital Historia Numerorum: A Manual of Greek Numismatics
Ancient Coins of Syria
Excerpted from Digital Historia Numerorum: A Manual of Greek Numismatics
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