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syria, palestine and mesopotamia 591<br />

Rhabdion<br />

a<br />

ISAURIA AND<br />

CILICIA I<br />

CILICIA II<br />

Edessa<br />

OSRHOENE<br />

<strong>Hi</strong>erapolis<br />

Dara<br />

Nisibis<br />

a<br />

Antioch<br />

Beroea<br />

SYRIA I<br />

Callinicum<br />

Birtha<br />

35°N<br />

b<br />

30°N<br />

c<br />

A 35°E B 40°E C<br />

Laodicea<br />

Gabala<br />

Balanaei<br />

Botrys<br />

Berytus<br />

Tyre<br />

Tripolis<br />

PHOENICIA MARITIMA<br />

E U P H R A T E N S I S<br />

Apamea<br />

SYRIA II<br />

Epiphaneia<br />

Emesa<br />

Heliopolis<br />

Damascus<br />

ARABIA<br />

PALESTINA<br />

II<br />

Caesarea<br />

Bostra<br />

Pella<br />

Scythopolis<br />

Gerasa<br />

Neapolis<br />

PALESTINA I<br />

Jerusalem<br />

Madaba<br />

Gaza<br />

Elusa<br />

Petra<br />

PALESTINA III<br />

A 35°E<br />

PHOENICIA<br />

LIBANENSIS<br />

Palmyra<br />

SCALE<br />

Sergiopolis<br />

Map 15 Provinces and principal cities <strong>of</strong> the east a.d. 500<br />

tice, Elusa in the Negev seems to have been the most important centre in<br />

the fifth and sixth century. 8 The province <strong>of</strong> Arabia, originally established<br />

by Trajan in 106, had been truncated in the south by the creation <strong>of</strong><br />

Palestine III. 9 Bostra remained the capital in late antiquity, but the province<br />

8 See Gutwein (1981).<br />

9 The borders <strong>of</strong> the province in late antiquity are discussed in Sartre (1982) 64–75.<br />

<strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>Hi</strong>stories Online © <strong>Cambridge</strong> University Press, 2008<br />

Martyropolis<br />

MESOPOTAMIA<br />

Amida<br />

Circesium<br />

Approximate eastern limit<br />

<strong>of</strong> imperial control<br />

Metropolitan bishopric<br />

0 50 100 150 200 250 km<br />

0 50 100 150 miles<br />

B C<br />

40°E<br />

35°N<br />

b<br />

30°N<br />

c

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