Singara
Sign in to savethumb|right|200px|Singara in a detail from Tabula Peutingeriana|Peutinger's map, a medieval copy of a 4th-century Roman original. Singara (, tà Síngara; Syriac: ܫܝܓܪ) was a strongly fortified post at the northern extremity of Mesopotamia, which for a while, as it appears from coins minted there, was occupied by the Romans as an advanced colony against the Persians. It was the camp of legio I Parthica.
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thumb|right|200px|Singara in a detail from Tabula Peutingeriana|Peutinger's map, a medieval copy of a 4th-century Roman original. Singara (, tà Síngara; Syriac: ܫܝܓܪ) was a strongly fortified post at the northern extremity of Mesopotamia, which for a while, as it appears from coins minted there, was occupied by the Romans as an advanced colony against the Persians. It was the camp of legio I Parthica.
==Location==