place
Syria
The Roman province of Syria; Seneca lists its people among the 'soft' easterners who nonetheless defeat the fiercer northern barbarians.
Reading notes
- On the Shortness of Life §4.5 Syria
Eastern province in Augustus's circuit of campaigns and settlements.
- On Anger §1.11 Syria
The Roman province of Syria, paired with Asia as a land of soft but effective easterners.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §14.91.9 Syria
The Roman province of Syria in the Near East.
- Natural Questions §3.25.5 Syria
Eastern province; site of a pool so dense that bricks float on it.