This is a list of governors of the Roman province of Syria. From 27 BC, the province was governed by an imperial legate of consular rank. The province was divided in AD 193 into Syria Coele and Syria Phoenicia. In c. 415 AD, Syria Coele was divided into Syria Prima and Syria Secunda. During the reign of

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(379 – 395), Syria Phoenicia was divided into Phoenicia Maritima and Phoenicia Libanensis.

Proconsular governors of Syria (65–27 BC)

* 65–62: Marcus Aemilius Scaurus * 61–60: Lucius Marcius Philippus * 59–58: Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus * 57–54: Aulus Gabinius * 54–53:

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* 53–51:

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* 51–50:

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* 50/49: Fabricius Veiento * 49–48:

Metellus Scipio Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio (c. 95 – 46 BC), often referred to as Metellus Scipio, was a Roman senator and military commander. During the civil war between Julius Caesar and the senatorial faction led by Pompey, he was a staunch sup ...

* 47–46: Sextus Julius Caesar * 46–44: Quintus Caecilius Bassus * 45: Gaius Antistius Vetus * 44: Lucius Staius Murcus * 44–43: Quintus Marcius Crispus * 44–42:

* 41–40: Lucius Decidius Saxa * 40–39: '' Parthian occupation'' * 39–38: Publius Ventidius Bassus * 38–37: Gaius Sosius * 35:

Lucius Munatius Plancus Lucius Munatius Plancus () was a Roman Senate, Roman senator, Roman consul, consul in 42 BC, and Roman censor, censor in 22 BC with Paullus Aemilius Lepidus. He is one of the classic historical examples of men who have managed to surviv ...

* 34/33–33/32: Lucius Calpurnius Bibulus * 30: Quintus Didius * 29: Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus * 28–25: Cicero Minor

Propraetorial Imperial Legates of Roman Syria (27 BC to 193 AD)

Propraetorial Imperial Legates of Syria Coele (193 AD to c. 295 AD)

Propraetorial Imperial Legates of Syria Phoenicia (193 AD to c. 295 AD)

''Consularis'' Governors of Syria Coele (c. 295 AD to c. 415 AD)

''Consularis'' Governors of Syria Phoenicia (c. 295 AD to c. 395 AD)

Footnotes

Bibliography

* Dąbrowa, Edward, ''The Governors of Roman Syria from Augustus to Septimius Severus'' (1998) * Schürer Emil, Vermes Geza, Millar Fergus, ''The history of the Jewish people in the age of Jesus Christ (175 B.C.-A.D. 135)'', Volume I, Edinburgh 1973, p. 243-266 (Survey of the Roman Province of Syria from 63 B.C. to A.D. 70). * Linda Jones Hall, ''Roman Berytus: Beirut in late antiquity'' (2004) * Martindale, J. R.; Jones, A. H. M, ''The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire'', Vol. I AD 260–395, Cambridge University Press (1971) {{Roman Governors Roman governors of Syria Roman governors of Syria Roman governors of Syria Roman governors of Syria

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