Paralia (Seleucid eparchy)
id:
paralia-seleucid-eparchy-299-3210644
title:
Paralia (Seleucid eparchy)
text:
The Paralia, also known as Medinat HaYam was a coastal eparchy in Palestine during Hellenistic and Roman times, ruled by the Seleucid Empire between 197 and 99 BCE, as part of the Coele-Syria province. According to Josephus, the inhabitants of the region were primarily Greek city-dwellers. The name appears in the 6th-century Madaba Map, appended to the town of Ashdod-Yam, as Azotos Paralos, ca. 3 kilometers south of Modern Ashdod. The region was originally set up by the Seleucids, along with the
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Eparchy in Palestine during Hellenistic and Roman times
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralia_(Seleucid_eparchy)
date created:
date modified:
2023-04-13T05:11:29Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q18386578","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18386578"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
14