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- EMESA (Homs) Syria. Town near the Orontes, between Palmyra and the sea. It was the capital of the Emesene Arabs, whose dynasts (called Jamblichus, Sohaem, or Samsigeram) were vassals of the Romans from the 1st c. B.C. to the 1st c. A.D.
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Coin minted by Macrinus in Emesa The Emesa temple to the sun god El-Gabal, with the holy stone, on the reverse of this bronze coin by Roman usurper Uranius Antoninus. Under the Romans, Emesa began to show attributes of a Greek city-state and traces of Roman town planning still remain.
emesa (homs) Situated on the Orontes, was the center of the worship of the Syrian sun-god Baal. Roman influence beginning with Pompey and Caesar was firmly established under domitian.
Emesa, modern Homs (Middle Syria), was founded in a privileged topographic position at the crossing of two, respectively three, main long-distance trading routes: the “Frankincense Road” from the south, the “Spice Road” from the Persian Gulf and a branch of the “Silk Road” coming
In the 70s AD Vespasian reorganized the eastern Roman Empire, primarily to strengthen the frontier provinces of Syria and Cappadocia. Galatia was added to Cappadocia, Lycia and Pamphylia were combined, and the client states of Rhodes, Commagene, and Emesa were annexed.
6 days ago · The city is situated near the Orontes River at the eastern end of Syria’s only natural gateway from the Mediterranean coast to the interior. It occupies the site of ancient Emesa, which contained a great temple to the sun god El Gebal (Aramaic; Latin: Elagabalus; Greek: Heliogabalus).
Oct 11, 2022 · Emesa, located between Aleppo and Damascus, was a city that had been traditionally aligned with the Roman / Byzantine Empire since the days of Emperor Caracalla (r. 198-217), who designated the region as a colonia of Rome.
