Roman Syria

Roman province (64 BC - 198 AD)

breakaway state from the Roman Empire (270–273)

relic consisting of a square or rectangle of cloth upon which a miraculous image of the face of Jesus had been imprinted

human settlement

Roman legion

Roman legion

7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck Antakya in south-central Turkey on December 13, 115

Roman/Byzantine province (c. 194–630s)

Roman client kingdom based in the Levant

Shmemis () also ash-Shmemis, ash-Shmamis) is a castle located in Syria. It is located 3 km north west of Salamiyah and 30 km south east from Hama. ==History== thumb|200px|A view of Shmemis castle at sunset The castle (Qalat Shmamis) was first built, on top of an extinct volcano, in the 1st century BC by Sampsiceramus I, the first Priest King of the Royal family of Emesa. Most of the original structure was subsequently destroyed by an earthquake. It was later destroyed by the Persian king Khosrau II in AD 613. It was rebuilt by Assad ud-Din Shirkoh, an Ayyubid governor of Homs; the da

augustus' Eastern policy at the time of the principate