Roman Mesopotamia

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Roman Mesopotamia was a frontier province of the Roman Empire in the Near East, encompassing parts of modern-day Iraq and Syria and serving as a key battleground between Rome and the Parthian and Sasanian Persian empires.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Roman Mesopotamia canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province ⓘ
frontier province ⓘ
borderedBy Parthian Empire ⓘ
Roman Osroene ⓘ
linked to: Osroene

Roman Syria ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
capital Nisibis ⓘ
conflictZoneBetween Rome and Parthia ⓘ
Rome and Sasanian Persia ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian Empire
contestedBy Parthian Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
createdBy Roman Empire ⓘ
createdUnderEmperor Septimius Severus ⓘ
Trajan ⓘ
establishedAfter Trajanic Parthian campaigns ⓘ
establishedInCentury 2nd century ⓘ
garrisonedBy Roman legions ⓘ
linked to: Roman legion
governedBy Roman governor ⓘ
historicalRegionOverlap Adiabene ⓘ
Osroene ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
importantCity Edessa ⓘ
Nisibis ⓘ
Singara ⓘ
importantRiver Euphrates ⓘ
Tigris ⓘ
language Aramaic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Near East ⓘ
linked to: Western Asia

Western Asia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Iraq ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
lostTo Sasanian Empire ⓘ
militaryRole defense against eastern powers ⓘ
partOf Eastern Roman frontier system ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
religion Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ
reorganizedUnder Septimius Severus ⓘ
sceneOf Roman–Parthian Wars ⓘ
Roman–Sasanian Wars ⓘ
strategicFor control of Euphrates ⓘ
control of Tigris ⓘ
trade routes between Mediterranean and Persia ⓘ
usedAs buffer zone ⓘ
military frontier ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Diaspora Revolt → historicalRegion → Roman Mesopotamia ⓘ
Singara → locatedIn → Roman Mesopotamia ⓘ