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Syria in Roman times (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Syria (= Assyria) as opposed to Aturia (= Assyrian heartland) 12 Assyrian Identity 12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times 12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources 12.02.03.14 Syria (= Assyria) as opposed to Aturia (= Assyrian heartland)	Keywords Syria
Period 1st century CE Roman Empire	Channel Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

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Strabo 16.2.1:
Syria is bounded on the north by Cilicia and Mt. Amanus; and the distance from the sea to the bridge of the Euphrates (from the gulf of Issus to the bridge at Commagene), which forms the boundary of that side … We set down as parts of Syria, beginning at Cilicia and Mt. Amanus, both Commagene and the Seleucis of Syria; and the Coele-Syria, and last, on the seaboard, Phoenicia, and in the interior, Judaea.

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Strabo 16.2.1

Simo Parpola

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