Province of Syria Phoenice | |||||||||||||
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Province of the Roman Empire (after 395 of the Byzantine Empire) | |||||||||||||
c. 194–c. 394 | |||||||||||||
![]() Roman Empire in 210 with Syria Phoenice highlighted in red | |||||||||||||
Capital | Tyrus | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Late Antiquity | ||||||||||||
• Created by Septimius Severus | c. 194 | ||||||||||||
• Division during the reign of Theodosius the Great | c. 394 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Lebanon Syria Israel |
Phoenice (Latin: Syria Phoenīcē Latin: [ˈsʏri.a pʰoe̯ˈniːkeː]; Koinē Greek: ἡ Φοινίκη Συρία, romanized: hē Phoinī́kē Syría Koinē Greek: [(h)e pʰyˈni.ke syˈri.a]) was a province of the Roman Empire, encompassing the historical region of Phoenicia. It was officially created in 194 AD and after c. 394, Phoenice Syria was divided into Phoenice proper or Phoenice Paralia, and Phoenice Libanensis, a division that persisted until the region was conquered by the Muslim Arabs in the 630s.