Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima

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The Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima was an administrative region of the Eastern Roman Empire in the Levant, centered on major cities such as Caesarea Maritima and Jerusalem during Late Antiquity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine province
late antique province
affectedBy Muslim conquest of the Levant
Sasanian invasion of the Levant
borderedBy Arabia
linked to: Arabian Peninsula

Palaestina Secunda
Palaestina Tertia
Phoenice
capital Caesarea Maritima
contains Judean hill country
linked to: Judean Mountains

coastal plain of Palestine
parts of the Jordan Valley
createdFrom Roman province of Judaea
Roman province of Syria Palaestina
linked to: Roman Syria
establishedAfter administrative reforms of Constantine the Great
administrative reforms of Diocletian
establishedInCentury 4th century
existedInPeriod Late Antiquity
governedBy provincial governor
governorTitle praeses
importantSite Bethlehem
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Mount of Olives
judicialAuthority provincial governor
knownFor Christian holy places
monastic communities
pilgrimage routes
languageInAdministration Greek
languageInPopulation Aramaic
Greek
Latin
laterGovernorTitle consularis
locatedIn Diocese of the East
Levant
linked to: Levant region
majorCity Ascalon
Caesarea Maritima
Diospolis
Eleutheropolis
Gaza
linked to: Gaza City

Jerusalem
militaryAuthority dux Palaestinae
partOf Byzantine Empire
Eastern Roman Empire
linked to: Byzantine Empire
religion Christianity
Judaism
Samaritanism
religiousCenter Jerusalem
religiousSignificance center of Christian pilgrimage
succeededBy early Muslim administrative districts in Bilad al-Sham

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Caesarea Maritima partOf Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima
Hieronymus diedInRegion Province of Palaestina
linked to: Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima
Diospolis locatedIn Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima
Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus deathPlace Palaestina Prima
linked to: Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima
Procopius birthPlace Palaestina Prima
linked to: Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima
Lydda partOf Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima
Siege of Jerusalem (636–637) geographicalContext Province of Palaestina Prima under Byzantine rule
linked to: Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima