Byzantine province of Syria Secunda

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Byzantine province late Roman province

The Byzantine province of Syria Secunda was an administrative region of the Eastern Roman Empire in northern Syria, centered on cities such as Apamea, before later being reorganized into the Byzantine theme system.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Syrian provinces of the Eastern Roman Empire	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine province ⓘ late Roman province ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Apamea NERFINISHED ⓘ
administrativeReformContext	late Roman provincial subdivision of Syria ⓘ
administrativeSystem	late Roman provincial system ⓘ
associatedWithCouncil	Council of Chalcedon (through its bishops) NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	Byzantine province of Euphratensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine province of Phoenice Libanensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine province of Syria Prima NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Apamea NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdFrom	Roman province of Syria ⓘ
currency	Byzantine solidus NERFINISHED ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ trade along the Orontes valley ⓘ
era	Byzantine period ⓘ
governedBy	provincial governor ⓘ
governorTitle	praeses ⓘ
hasEcclesiasticalMetropolis	Apamea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Apamea NERFINISHED ⓘ Epiphania NERFINISHED ⓘ Laodicea ad Libanum NERFINISHED ⓘ Raphanea NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRiver	Orontes River NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Roman Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Christian monastic communities ⓘ fertile Orontes valley ⓘ strategic position between interior Syria and the Mediterranean ⓘ
languageInAdministration	Greek ⓘ
languageInPopulation	Aramaic ⓘ Syriac ⓘ
laterReorganizedAs	Byzantine themes NERFINISHED ⓘ Theme of Antioch NERFINISHED ⓘ Theme of Cilicia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	northern Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryDefenseBy	Eastern Roman army NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	unified Roman province of Syria ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Chalcedonian Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Miaphysite Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ paganism ⓘ
subordinateTo	Diocese of the East NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Byzantine themes in Syria ⓘ
timePeriod	Late Antiquity ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Byzantine theme of Syria → predecessor → Byzantine province of Syria Secunda ⓘ

Philoxenus of Mabbug → regionOfActivity → Byzantine province of Syria Secunda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian provinces of the Eastern Roman Empire