الرفنية | |
Location | Syria |
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Region | Hama Governorate |
Coordinates | 34°56′03″N 36°23′48″E / 34.93417°N 36.39667°E |
Raphanea or Raphaneae ( Ancient Greek: Ῥαφάνεια; [1] Arabic: الرفنية, romanized: al-Rafaniyya; colloquial: Rafniye) was a city of the late Roman province of Syria Secunda. Its bishopric was a suffragan of Apamea.
Josephus mentions Raphanea in connection with a river Σαββατικον, referred now to as Sambatiyon that flowed only every seventh days (probably an intermittent spring now called Fuwar ed-Deir) and that was viewed by Titus on his way northward from Berytus after the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. [2]
Near Emesa, Raphanea was the fortified headquarters of the Legio III Gallica from which was launched the successful bid of 14-year-old Elagabalus to become Roman Emperor in 218. [3]
Raphanea issued coins under Elagabalus, [4] and many of its coins are extant. [5] [6] [7]
Hierocles [8] and Georgius Cyprius [9] mention Raphanea among the towns of Syria Secunda. The crusaders passed through it at the end of 1099; it was taken by Baldwin I and was given to the Count of Tripoli. [10] It was then known as Rafania. [11]
The only bishops of Raphanea known are: [11] [12]
The see is mentioned as late as the 10th century in the Notitia episcopatuum of Antioch. [11] [13]
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Location | Syria |
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Region | Hama Governorate |
Coordinates | 34°56′03″N 36°23′48″E / 34.93417°N 36.39667°E |
Raphanea or Raphaneae ( Ancient Greek: Ῥαφάνεια; [1] Arabic: الرفنية, romanized: al-Rafaniyya; colloquial: Rafniye) was a city of the late Roman province of Syria Secunda. Its bishopric was a suffragan of Apamea.
Josephus mentions Raphanea in connection with a river Σαββατικον, referred now to as Sambatiyon that flowed only every seventh days (probably an intermittent spring now called Fuwar ed-Deir) and that was viewed by Titus on his way northward from Berytus after the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. [2]
Near Emesa, Raphanea was the fortified headquarters of the Legio III Gallica from which was launched the successful bid of 14-year-old Elagabalus to become Roman Emperor in 218. [3]
Raphanea issued coins under Elagabalus, [4] and many of its coins are extant. [5] [6] [7]
Hierocles [8] and Georgius Cyprius [9] mention Raphanea among the towns of Syria Secunda. The crusaders passed through it at the end of 1099; it was taken by Baldwin I and was given to the Count of Tripoli. [10] It was then known as Rafania. [11]
The only bishops of Raphanea known are: [11] [12]
The see is mentioned as late as the 10th century in the Notitia episcopatuum of Antioch. [11] [13]
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