Provincia Syria Prima | |||||||||
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Province of the Byzantine Empire | |||||||||
415–630s | |||||||||
Syria Prima within the Diocese of the East, c. 400. | |||||||||
Capital | Antioch (modern-day Antakya, Hatay, Turkey) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 415 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 630s | ||||||||
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Today part of | Syria Turkey Lebanon |
Syria I or Syria Prima ("First Syria", in Greek: Πρώτη Συρία, Prṓtē Suríā) was a Byzantine province, formed c. 415 out of Syria Coele. The province survived until the Muslim conquest of Syria in the 630s.