This is a list of governors of the Roman province of Syria. From 27 BC, the province was governed by an imperial legate of consular rank. The province was divided in AD 193 into Syria Coele and Syria Phoenicia. In c. 415 AD, Syria Coele was divided into Syria Prima and Syria Secunda. During the reign of Theodosius I (379 – 395), Syria Phoenicia was divided into Phoenicia Maritima and Phoenicia Libanensis.
^This is based on the discovery of the Lapis Tiburtinus inscription. Piso was Proconsul of Asia, and received honors for defeating the Bessi. A minority theory posits that it was Publius Sulpicius Quirinius, who was in the region at the time, received honors for defeating the Homana and was the rector to Gaius Caesar. However, there is no evidence that he was ever Proconsul of Asia.
^Migliorati G. A proposito di L. Catilio Severo, legatus Augusti di Siria. Epigraphica. 2002(64):85-92.
^Successor to the previous Protasius – see Martindale & Jones, pg. 1106
^Martindale, J. R. & A. H. M. Jones, "Nicentius 1", The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. I AD 260-395 (Cambridge: University Press, 1971), p. 628
Bibliography
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Schürer Emil, Vermes Geza, Millar Fergus, The history of the Jewish people in the age of Jesus Christ (175 B.C.-A.D. 135), Volume I, Edinburgh 1973, p. 243-266 (Survey of the Roman Province of Syria from 63 B.C. to A.D. 70).
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Martindale, J. R.; Jones, A. H. M, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. I AD 260–395, Cambridge University Press (1971)
