Search results
Coele-Syria (/ ˌ s iː l iː ˈ s ɪ r i ə /, 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 (Greek: Κοίλη Συρία, Koílē Syría) was a Roman...
- Hasmonean Kingdom
Coele Syria (Greek: Κοίλη Συρία, Koílē Syría) was a Roman province which Septimius Severus created with Syria Phoenice in 198 by dividing the province of Syria. Its metropolis was Antioch.
Religion. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Coele-Syria. views 2,291,031 updated. 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.).
Dium or Dion (Ancient Greek: Δῖον) or Dia (Δία) 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.
Coele Syria. Q1123749. Coele Syria (Greek Κοίλη Συρία ): ancient geographical expression to describe several territories in the Near East. The Bekaa valley, seen from the Lebanon Mountains. At first sight, “Coele Syria” appears to be Greek for the “hollow” part of Syria, which may refer to the Bekaa valley. This part of modern ...
Roman Syria (Latin: Provincia Syria; Greek: ἐπαρχία Συρίας) was a province of the Roman Republic, and later, the Roman Empire. The Romans gained it in the Third Mithridatic War in 64 BC, and the province got divided by the late 2nd century AD into Coele Syria and Syria Phoenice.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia. Coele-Syria. ( ἡ κοίλη Συρία; Vulg. Celesyria), "the hollow Syria," was (strictly speaking) the name given by the Greeks, in the times of the Seleucidae, to the remarkable valley or hollow ( κοιλία ) which intervenes between Libanus and Anti-Libanus, stretching from lat. 33 ° 20' to 34 ° 40', a ...
