Halabiye
Sign in to saveHalabiye (, Latin/Greek: Zenobia, Birtha) is an archaeological site on the right bank of the Euphrates River in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. It was an ancient city and former bishopric known as Zenobia and a Latin Catholic titular see.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Halabiye
- Ancient site.native_name
- حلبيّة
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Latin/Greek: Zenobia, Birtha
- Ancient site.image
- PAB Halebie sur l'Euphrate.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Aerial photo of Halabiye with the Euphrates visible in the lower part of the image
- Ancient site.map_type
- Syria
- Ancient site.region
- Deir ez-Zor Governorate
- Ancient site.type
- Fortified town
- Ancient site.built
- 3rd century AD
- Ancient site.epochs
- Roman, Byzantine, Ayyubid?
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1944, 1945, 1987, 2006–2009
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- J. Lauffray, S. Blétry
- Ancient site.condition
- Ruinous
- Ancient site.management
- Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Early Bronze Age IV
- Iron Age II
- Assyrian period
- Antiquity
- Modern era
- Description
- Ecclesiastical history
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Halabiye (, Latin/Greek: Zenobia, Birtha) is an archaeological site on the right bank of the Euphrates River in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. It was an ancient city and former bishopric known as Zenobia and a Latin Catholic titular see.
Halabiye was fortified in the 3rd century CE by Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, after whom the site was named in Antiquity. After her revolt against the Roman Empire in 273, Halabiye was captured by the Romans and subsequently refortified as part of the Limes Arabicus, a defensive frontier of Roman Syria to protect the region mainly from Persia. The site occupies an area of , protected by massive city walls and a citadel on top of a hill. Remains of two churches, a public bath complex and two streets have been excavated. These all date to the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, who refortified the city in the 6th century AD.