Euphratensis

Euphratensis (Latin for "Euphratean"; Greek: Εὑφρατησία, Euphratēsía), fully Augusta Euphratensis, was a late Roman and then Byzantine province in Syrian region, part of the Byzantine Diocese of the East.

Provincia Augusta Euphratensis
ἐπαρχία Εὑφρατησίας
Province of the Byzantine Empire
c. 341–7th Century

Diocese of Orient circa 400, showing Euphratensis
CapitalCyrrus or Hierapolis Bambyce
Historical eraLate Antiquity
 Established
c. 341
 Division of the empire by Theodosius I
395
 Muslim conquest of the Levant
7th Century
Succeeded by
Rashidun Caliphate
Today part ofSyria
Turkey
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