-
southern portion of Syria, but
under the Romans, it was
confined to "
Cœlesyria Proper" and
variously included the
district east of Anti-Lib****, about...
-
their great god Ra. It was
sometimes described as
Heliopolis in
Syria or
Coelesyria (Latin:
Heliopolis Syriaca or Syriae) to
distinguish it from its namesake...
- the
acting Roman governor of Syria, who
appointed Herod as
general of
Coelesyria and Samaria,
greatly expanding his
sphere of influence. He enjo**** the...
- son of
Demetrius came from Crete, and
appointed Apollonius governor of
Coelesyria. He came
against Jonathan with a
large force in the 165th year (147 BCE)...
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frequent exceptions. In xc, 92, he says (in one version) that
Theodore of
Coelesyria (Theodulus) "died
three years ago, in the
reign of Zeno". From this Czapla...
- Media, Babylon, Cordyna, ****yria, Mesopotamia, Arabia, Elymais, India,
Coelesyria, Commagene, Phoenicia.[citation needed] Ham
inherited the
southern region:...
-
founded Trachonitis and Damascus: this
country lies
between Palestine and
Coelesyria." c. 97: Josephus,
Against Apion: "Nor, indeed, was
Herodotus of Halicarn****us...
-
Caesarea is a
fifteen days
journey or more from Antioch. This city is in
Coelesyria, a
province which is
separated from
Cappadocia by many
intervening provinces...
- Suda. 2
Maccabees 8
refers to a
figure called "Ptolemy, the
governor of
Coelesyria and Phoenicia" and says this
Ptolemy appointed Nicanor to
fight against...
-
Basil the
Great made a
careful study of
monasticism in Egypt, Palestine,
Coelesyria and
Mesopotamia before embracing the
monastic life. The
result was a decided...
