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Coele-Syria. Coele-Syria ( / ˌsiːliːˈsɪriə /, Greek: Κοίλη Συρία, Koílē Syría, 'Hollow Syria') was a region of Syria in classical antiquity. The term originally referred to the "hollow" Beqaa Valley between the Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon mountain ranges, but sometimes it was applied to a broader area of the region of Syria.
- Hasmonean Kingdom
Etymology. The family name of the Hasmonean dynasty...
- Coele Syria (Roman province)
Coele Syria (Roman province) Coele Syria ( Greek: Κοίλη...
- Hasmonean Kingdom
Dium (Coele-Syria) Dium or Dion ( Ancient Greek: Δῖον) [1] [2] [3] or Dia (Δία) [4] [5] was a city in ancient Coele-Syria mentioned by numerous ancient writers. According to Stephanus of Byzantium, the city was a foundation of Alexander the Great, and named after the city Dium in Macedon. [3] It was also wrongly called Pella by some ...
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By the late 2nd century AD, the province was divided into Coele Syria and Syria Phoenice. Provincia Syria [ edit ] The ancient city of Palmyra was an important trading center and possibly Roman Syria's most prosperous city The Roman empire in the time of Hadrian (ruled 117–138 AD), showing, in western Asia, the imperial province of Syria ...
Antiochus IV Epiphanes. The Syrian Wars were a series of six wars between the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, successor states to Alexander the Great 's empire, during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC over the region then called Coele-Syria, one of the few avenues into Egypt.
- 274–271 BC; 260–253 BC; 246–241 BC; 219–217 BC; 202–195 BC; 170–168 BC
Category:Coele-Syria. Category. : Coele-Syria. Articles relating to Coele-Syria, a region of Syria in classical antiquity. It probably derived from the Aramaic word for all of the region of Syria, but it was most often applied to the Beqaa Valley between the Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon mountain ranges.
COELE-SYRIA. COELE-SYRIA , the official Seleucid designation for those portions of Palestine and southern Syria captured by Antiochus iii from the Ptolemies (c. 200 b.c.e.). Under Ptolemaic rule these territories were known officially as "Syria and Phoenicia," but this title was apparently unacceptable to the Seleucids, who felt it necessary to ...
