Syria Palaestina

English Etymology en la Syria Palaestina. Proper noun Syria Palaestina The renamed Roman province formerly known as Judaea. en Provinces of the Roman Empire Latin Etymology la Syria Palaestīnus Palaestīna Palestinian Syria.Trevor Bryce, 2009, The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western AsiaRoland de Vaux, 1978, The Early History of Israel, Page 2: "After the revolt of Bar Cochba in A.D. 135, the Roman province of Judaea was renamed Palestinian Syria." In renaming the conquered province of la Judaea, 2nd century AD Roman Emperor Hadrian formally adopted a name that had been in use as a Græco-Roman geographic term since at least the time of 5th century BC historian Herodotus, who repeatedly wrote in his dialectal la grc-ion Συρίη ἡ Παλαιστίνη Syria Palaestina, meaning the part of Syria that is Palestine. Syria was understood to refer to a broader geographic region encompassing multiple smaller territories, with Syria Palaestina the southernmost part of Syria, bordered to the north by la Syria Phoenīcē, followed by la Coelē Syria, south of en Asia Minor. (Compare la Gallia Cisalpīna Cisalpine Gaul, la Hispānia Baetica Baetic Hispania etc.) Pronunciation Syria Palaestīna Proper noun Syria<1> Palaestīna<1> thumb|Syria Palaestina (indicated as "Palestina" on this map) after 135 A geographic region of the Levant encompassing the southern part of ancient Syria, between Phoenicia and Egypt along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, to the northwest of Arabia; roughly equating to the Palestine region. The name given by the emperor Hadrian to the Roman province of Judea (Roman province) Judea following the crushing of the Bar Kokhba revolt in 135 AD; Moše Šārôn / Moshe Sharon, 1988, Pillars of Smoke and Fire: The Holy Land in History and Thought later divided into the provinces of Palaestina Prima, Palaestina Secunda and Palaestina Salutaris. The province of Syria was divided in 197 AD into Coele Syria (Roman province) Coele Syria and Phoenice (Roman province) Phoenice. Declension Syria<1> Palaestīna<+> References Palaestina Palaestina Palaestina la Provinces of the Roman Empire