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Mesopotamia (Roman province), the Glossary

Mesopotamia was the name of a Roman province, initially a short-lived creation of the Roman emperor Trajan in 116–117 and then re-established by Emperor Septimius Severus in c. 198.^[1]

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Ancient Upper Mesopotamia
Iraq in the Roman era
Near East in classical antiquity
Provinces of the Byzantine Empire
States and territories disestablished in the 2nd century
States and territories established in the 110s

Adiabene

Adiabene (Greek: Αδιαβηνή) was an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia, corresponding to the northwestern part of ancient Assyria.

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Amida (Mesopotamia)

Amida (Ἄμιδα, ܐܡܝܕ, Amed) was an ancient city in Mesopotamia located where modern Diyarbakır, Turkey now stands.

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Anastasian War

The Anastasian War was fought from 502 to 506 between the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire.

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Anastasius I Dicorus

Anastasius I Dicorus (Anastásios; – 9 July 518) was Eastern Roman emperor from 491 to 518.

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Ancient history

Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity.

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Ardashir I

Ardashir I (𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭥; transl), also known as Ardashir the Unifier (180–242 AD), was the founder of the Persian Sasanian Empire.

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Assyria was a short-lived Roman province in Mesopotamia that was created by Trajan in 116 during his campaign against the Parthian Empire. Mesopotamia (Roman province) and Assyria (Roman province) are ancient Upper Mesopotamia, Iraq in the Roman era, near East in classical antiquity, states and territories disestablished in the 2nd century and states and territories established in the 110s.

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Battle of Ctesiphon (198)

The Battle of Ctesiphon was fought between the Roman and Parthian empires.

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Battle of Ctesiphon (363)

The Battle of Ctesiphon took place on 29 May 363 between the armies of Roman Emperor Julian and an army of the Sasanian Empire (during Shapur II's reign) outside the walls of the Persian capital Ctesiphon.

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Battle of Edessa

The Battle of Edessa took place between the armies of the Roman Empire under the command of Emperor Valerian and the Sasanian Empire (an Iranian imperial dynasty) under Shahanshah (King of the Kings) Shapur I, in Edessa (now the Turkish city of Urfa) in 260.

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Battle of Resaena

The Battle of Resaena or Resaina, near present-day Ceylanpınar, Turkey, was fought in 243 between the forces of the Roman Empire, led by the Emperor Gordian III and the Praetorian Prefect Timesitheus against the Sasanian Empire's forces during the reign of Shapur I. The Romans were victorious.

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Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628

The Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 was the final and most devastating of the series of wars fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Persian Sasanian Empire.

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Colonia (Roman)

A Roman colonia (coloniae) was originally a settlement of Roman citizens, establishing a Roman outpost in federated or conquered territory, for the purpose of securing it.

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Constantia (Osrhoene)

Constantia or Konstantia (Κωνσταντία) was a town of some importance in the province Osrhoene in Mesopotamia, on the road between Nisibis and Carrhae, at no great distance from Edessa.

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Constantine the Great

Constantine I (27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.

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Ctesiphon

Ctesiphon (𐭲𐭩𐭮𐭯𐭥𐭭, Tyspwn or Tysfwn; تیسفون; Κτησιφῶν,; ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢThomas A. Carlson et al., “Ctesiphon — ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ ” in The Syriac Gazetteer last modified July 28, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/58.) was an ancient Mesopotamian city, located on the eastern bank of the Tigris, and about southeast of present-day Baghdad.

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Dara (Mesopotamia)

Dara or Daras (Turkish: Dara Antik Kenti; Kurdish: Darê; Δάρας; ܕܪܐ) was an important East Roman fortress city in northern Mesopotamia on the border with the Sassanid Empire.

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Diocese of the East

The Diocese of the East, also called the Diocese of Oriens, (Dioecesis Orientis; Διοίκησις Ἑῴα) was a diocese of the later Roman Empire, incorporating the provinces of the western Middle East, between the Mediterranean Sea and Mesopotamia.

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Diocletian

Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, Diokletianós; 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed Jovius, was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305.

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Diyarbakır

Diyarbakır (local pronunciation: Dikranagerd), formerly Diyarbekir, is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey.

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Early Muslim conquests

The early Muslim conquests or early Islamic conquests (translit), also known as the Arab conquests, were initiated in the 7th century by Muhammad, the founder of Islam.

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Edessa

Edessa (Édessa) was an ancient city (polis) in Upper Mesopotamia, in what is now Urfa or Şanlıurfa, Turkey.

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Euphrates

The Euphrates (see below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia.

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Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus

Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus (Greek: Τιμησίθεος) (AD 190-243) was an officer of the Roman Imperial government in the first half of the 3rd century. Most likely of Oriental-Greek origins, he was a Roman citizen, probably of equestrian rank.

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Hadrian

Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138.

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Hasankeyf

Hasankeyf is a town located along the Tigris, in the Hasankeyf District, Batman Province, Turkey.

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History of Mesopotamia

The history of Mesopotamia ranges from the earliest human occupation in the Paleolithic period up to Late antiquity.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Julian (emperor)

Julian (Flavius Claudius Julianus; Ἰουλιανός; 331 – 26 June 363) was the Caesar of the West from 355 to 360 and Roman emperor from 361 to 363, as well as a notable philosopher and author in Greek.

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Justinian I

Justinian I (Iūstīniānus,; Ioustinianós,; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565.

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Khabur (Euphrates)

The Khabur River is the largest perennial tributary to the Euphrates in Syria.

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Lucius Verus

Lucius Aurelius Verus (15 December 130 – January/February 169) was Roman emperor from 161 until his death in 169, alongside his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius.

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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.

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Nusaybin

Nusaybin is a municipality and district of Mardin Province, Turkey.

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Odaenathus

Septimius Odaenathus (Palmyrene Aramaic:,; translit; 220 – 267) was the founder king (''Mlk'') of the Palmyrene Kingdom who ruled from Palmyra, Syria.

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Osroene

Osroene or Osrhoene (Ὀσροηνή) was an ancient region and state in Upper Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia (Roman province) and Osroene are ancient Upper Mesopotamia, late Roman provinces and near East in classical antiquity.

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Osroene (Roman province)

Osroene (Ὀσροηνή), also spelled Osrohene and Osrhoene, was a Roman province which existed for nearly 400 years. Mesopotamia (Roman province) and Osroene (Roman province) are late Roman provinces, provinces of the Byzantine Empire and states and territories disestablished in the 7th century.

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Osroes I

Osroes I (also spelled Chosroes I or Khosrow I; 𐭇𐭅𐭎𐭓𐭅Husrōw) was a Parthian contender, who ruled the western portion of the Parthian Empire from 109 to 129, with a one-year interruption.

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Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium

The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (ODB) is a three-volume historical dictionary published by the English Oxford University Press.

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Palmyra

Palmyra (Palmyrene:, romanized: Tadmor; Tadmur) is an ancient city in the eastern part of the Levant, now in the center of modern Syria.

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Parthamaspates of Parthia

Parthamaspates was a Parthian prince who ruled as a Roman client king in Mesopotamia, and later of Osroene during the early second century AD.

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Parthian Empire

The Parthian Empire, also known as the Arsacid Empire, was a major Iranian political and cultural power centered in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Mesopotamia (Roman province) and Parthian Empire are near East in classical antiquity.

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Pescennius Niger

Gaius Pescennius Niger (c. 135 – 194) was a Roman usurper from 193 to 194 during the Year of the Five Emperors.

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Praetorian prefecture of the East

The praetorian prefecture of the East, or of the Orient (praefectura praetorio Orientis, ἐπαρχότης/ὑπαρχία τῶν πραιτωρίων τῆς ἀνατολῆς) was one of four large praetorian prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided. Mesopotamia (Roman province) and praetorian prefecture of the East are states and territories disestablished in the 7th century.

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Roman Armenia

Roman Armenia refers to the rule of parts of Greater Armenia by the Roman Empire from the 1st century AD to the end of Late Antiquity. Mesopotamia (Roman province) and Roman Armenia are states and territories disestablished in the 2nd century and states and territories established in the 110s.

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Roman emperor

The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Roman province

The Roman provinces (pl.) were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire.

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Roman–Parthian War of 161–166

The Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 (also called the Parthian War of Lucius Verus) was fought between the Roman and Parthian Empires over Armenia and Upper Mesopotamia.

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Roman–Persian Wars

The Roman–Persian Wars, also known as the Roman–Iranian Wars, were a series of conflicts between states of the Greco-Roman world and two successive Iranian empires: the Parthian and the Sasanian.

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Sasanian Empire

The Sasanian Empire or Sassanid Empire, and officially known as Eranshahr ("Land/Empire of the Iranians"), was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th to 8th centuries. Mesopotamia (Roman province) and Sasanian Empire are near East in classical antiquity.

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Septimius Severus

Lucius Septimius Severus (11 April 145 – 4 February 211) was a Roman politician who served as emperor from 193 to 211.

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Shapur I

Shapur I (also spelled Shabuhr I; Šābuhr) was the second Sasanian King of Kings of Iran.

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Silvan, Diyarbakır

Silvan (Farqîn; translit, translit) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.

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Singara

Singara (tà Síngara; Syriac: ܫܝܓܪ) was a strongly fortified post at the northern extremity of Mesopotamia, which for a while, as it appears from coins minted there, was occupied by the Romans as an advanced colony against the Persians.

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Susa

Susa (Middle translit; Middle and Neo-translit; Neo-Elamite and Achaemenid translit; Achaemenid translit; شوش; שׁוּשָׁן; Σοῦσα; ܫܘܫ; 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩 or 𐭱𐭥𐭮; 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠) was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains about east of the Tigris, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers in Iran.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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Tigris

The Tigris (see below) is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates.

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Trajan

Trajan (born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, adopted name Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 53) was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.

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Trajan's Parthian campaign

Trajan's Parthian campaign was engaged by Roman emperor Trajan in 115 against the Parthian Empire in Mesopotamia.

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Tur Abdin

Tur Abdin (طور عبدين; Tor; Turabdium; ܛܽܘܪ ܥܰܒ݂ܕܺܝܢ or label) is a hilly region situated in southeast Turkey, including the eastern half of the Mardin Province, and Şırnak Province west of the Tigris, on the border with Syria and famed since Late Antiquity for its Christian monasteries on the border of the Roman Empire and the Sasanian Empire.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia_(Roman_province)

Also known as Dux Mesopotamiae, Mesopotamia Prima, Mesopotamia Secunda, Roman Iraq, Roman Mesopotamia, Roman province Mesopotamia, Roman province of Mesopotamia.

, Sasanian Empire, Septimius Severus, Shapur I, Silvan, Diyarbakır, Singara, Susa, Syria, Tigris, Trajan, Trajan's Parthian campaign, Tur Abdin, Turkey, Valerian (emperor), Year of the Six Emperors.

Mesopotamia (Roman province), the Glossary

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See also

Ancient Upper Mesopotamia

Iraq in the Roman era

Near East in classical antiquity

Provinces of the Byzantine Empire

States and territories disestablished in the 2nd century

States and territories established in the 110s

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