Judaea (Roman province)
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Judaea was a Roman province from 6 to 132 CE, which incorporated the Levantine regions of Judea, Samaria and Idumea, extending over parts of the former regions of the Hasmonean and Herodian kingdoms of Judea. The name Judaea was derived from the Iron Age Kingdom of Judah.
Old Roman era gate, Bab al-'Amud in Jerusalem's Old City (today part of Damascus Gate)
Roman stepped road in the Shephelah hill country of Judea (adjacent to Highway 375)
Roman Syria
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Roman Syria was an early Roman province annexed to the Roman Republic in 64 BC by Pompey in the Third Mithridatic War following the defeat of King of Armenia Tigranes the Great, who had become the protector of the Hellenistic kingdom of Syria.
The ancient city of Palmyra was an important trading center and possibly Roman Syria's most prosperous city
20 square meter Byzantine era mosaic found in Maryamin, Syria, currently located in the Hama museum
Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, one of the oldest surviving churches in the world