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KOMMAGINI (Ancient country) SYRIA
Commagene (Kommagene, Ptol. v. 15; Strab. xi. p. 521, xii. pp. 533,
535, xvi. p. 749; Plin. v. 12. s. 24; Tac. Ann. ii. 42), a district of Syria,
lying to the N., bounded on the E. by the Euphrates, on the W. by Cilicia, and
on the N. by Amanus. It was celebrated for its rich and fertile country (Strab.
xii. p. 535; Tac. Ann. xv. 12), and was attached to the Syrian kingdom in the
flourishing period of the Seleucidae. But in the civil wars of Grypus and his
brothers, and in the disorders which followed, Commagene gradually acquired independence,
and had its own sovereigns connected with the Seleucid family. It remained an
independent kingdom for upwards of a century. It is only necessary to give here
a list of the kings of Commagene; since a full account of them will be found in
the Dictionary of Biography under each name: Antiochus I.; Mithridates I.; Antiochus
II.; Mithridates II.; Antiochus III. After the death of Antiochus III. in A.D.
17, Commagene became for a short time a Roman province, but was afterwards given
in A.D. 38 to the son of the late king Antiochus IV. In A.D. 73, it was again
reduced to the condition of a province, and its capital Samosata received the
additional name of Flavia, and a new aera which commences with the year A.D. 71.
(Eckhel, vol. iii. p. 252; Clinton, F.R. vol. i. p. 60; Suet. Vesp. 8; Eutrop.
viii. 19; Oros. vii. 9.)
In later time this district, united with that of Cyrrhestica, received
the name of Euphratensis (Amm. Marc. xiv. 8. § 7, xxiii. 6. § 21; Procop. Aed.
ii. 8, B. P. i. 17, ii. 20), or Augusto-phratensis (Aurel. Vict. Epit. ix. 13),
and was placed under a praeses. Constantine made Hierapolis the capital instead
of Samosata (Malal. Chron. xiii. p. 317). In A.D. 543 the Persians under Chosroes
made an inroad upon Euphratensis, intending to advance by that route upon Jerusalem,
but were compelled to retreat by Belisarius. (Le Beau, Bas Empire, vol. ix. p.
68; Norisius, de Epoch. Syro-Mac. Diss. ii. c. 4; Clinton, F. H. vol. iii. p.
343; St. Martin, Mem. sur l'Armenie, vol. i. p. 193; Ritter, Erdkzunde, vol. x.
p. 929.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited August 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Kommagene. The northeasternmost district of Syria, lying between the Taurus and the Euphrates. It formed a part of the kingdom of Syria, after the fall of which it maintained its independence under a race of kings, the family of the Seleucidae, and was not united to the Roman Empire until the reign of Vespasian.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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