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This is a list of governors of the Roman province of Syria . From 27 BC, the province was governed by an imperial legate of praetorian rank. The province was merged with Roman Judaea in 135 AD to form Syria Palaestina until 193 AD when it was divided into Syria Coele and Syria Phoenicia. In c. 415 AD, Syria Coele was divided into Syria Prima and Syria Secunda. During the reign of Theodosius I (379 – 395), Syria Phoenicia was divided into Phoenicia Maritima and Phoenicia Libanensis.
Proconsular Governors of Roman Syria (65 BC to 27 BC)
Propraetorial Imperial Legates of Roman Syria (27 BC to 135 AD)
Proconsular Imperial Legates of Syria Palestina (135 AD to 193 AD)
Date
Governor
135 - 136
Gnaeus Minicius Faustinus Sextus Iulius Severus
136 - 140
Sextus Iulius Maior
140
Lucius Burbuleius Optatus Ligarianus
147 - 150
Sulpicius Julianus
150 - 154
Marcus Pontius Laelianus Larcius Sabinus
154 - 157
Marcus Cassius Apollinaris
157 - 162
Lucius Attidius Cornelianus
163 - 164
Marcus Annius Libo
164 - 166
Gnaeus Julius Verus
166 - 175
Gaius Avidius Cassius
175 - 178
Publius Martius Verus
179 - 182
Publius Helvius Pertinax
183 - 185
Gaius Domitius Dexter
187 - 190
Gaius Julius Saturninus
187 - 190
Asellius Aemilianus
190 - 193
Gaius Pescennius Niger
Proconsular Imperial Legates of Syria Coele (193 AD to c. 295 AD)
Date
Governor
c. 207 - 209
Marius Maximus
c. 209 - 211
Minicius Martialis
c. 216
Aurelius Mam(---)
c. 221
Antonius Seleucus
Between 225 and 235
Quintus Aradius Rufinus Optatus Aelianus
(?) 235
(? Claudius Sollemnius) Pacatianus
c. 241
Attius Rufinus
c. 241 - 249
Flavius Antiochus
c. 251
Atilius Cosminus
c. 251
Pomponius Laetianus
During the 260s
Virius Lupus
c. 275
Maximinus[ 2]
c. 279
Julius Saturninus
Between 276 and 282
Claudius Cleobulus
Between 289 and 297
L. Aelius Helvius Dionysius
290
Charisius
Propraetorial Imperial Legates of Syria Phoenicia (193 AD to c. 295 AD)
Date
Governor
193 - 194
Ti. Manilius Fuscus[ 3]
198
Q. Venidius Rufus Marius Maximus L. Calvinianus
c. 207
Domitius Leo Procillianus
213
D. Pius Cassius
Between 268 and 270
Salvius Theodorus
Between 284 and 305
L. Artorius Pius Maximus
292 – 293
Crispinus
Consularis Governors of Syria Coele (c. 295 AD to c. 415 AD)
Date
Governor
Between 293 and 305
Latinius Primosus
305
Verinus
? 323
Dyscolius
After 324
Arrius Maximus
Between 324 and 337
Plutarchus
Between 329 and 335
Fl. Dionysius[ 4]
338
Nonnus[ 5]
388
Eustathius[ 6]
347
Theodorus
348
Fl. Antonius Hierocles
349
Anatolius
Before 353
Honoratus
354
Theophilus
355
Dionysius
355 - 356
Gymnasius
358
Nicentius
358 - 359
Sabinus
360
Tryphonianus
360
Italicianus
361
Siderius
363
Alexander
363 – 364
Celsus
364
Marcianus
Between 364 and 380
Protasius
Between 364 and 380
Protasius[ 7]
Between 365 and 368
Festus
Between 365 and 371
Aetherius
Between 370 and 374
Fl. Eutolmius Tatianus
c. 379/80
Carterius
Before 381
Domnicus
c. 382
Marcellinus
c. 382/3
Pelagius
Between 382 and 393
Timocrates
c. 384/5
Eumolpius
386
Tisamenus
387
Celsus
388
Lucianus
388
Eustathius
389
Eutropius
c. 389/90
Palladius
390
Infantius
Before 392
Capitolinus
Before 392
Iullus
? 392/3
Florentius
Before 393/4
Severus
Consularis Governors of Syria Phoenicia (c. 295 AD to c. 395 AD)
Date
Governor
Between 293 and 305
Aelius Statuus
Between 293 and 303
Sossianus Hierocles
Before 305
Julius Julianus
? Between 309/313
Maximus
c. 323
Achillius
328 - 329
Fl. Dionysius
335
Archelaus
c. 337
Nonnus
342
Marcellinus
353/4
Apollinaris
Before 358
Demetrius
(?) 359/60
Euchrostius
Before 360
Julianus
360 - 361
Andronicus
Before 361
Aelius Claudius Dulcitius
361
Anatolius
c. 361/2
Polycles
362
Julianus
362 - 363
Gaianus
363 - 364
Marius
364
Ulpianus
364 - 365
Domninus
372
Leontius
380
Petrus
382 - 383
Proculus
Before 388
Eustathius
388
Antherius
388
Epiphanius
390
Domitius
391
Severianus
392
Leontius
^ Some consider that Lucius Calpurnius Piso "the Pontifex" was here the governor of Syria. This is based on an inscription called the Lapis Tiburtinus .
^ Martindale & Jones, pg. 1105
^ Hall, pg. 94
^ Hall, pg. 95
^ Hall, pg. 96
^ Hall, pg. 103
^ Successor to the previous Protasius – see Martindale & Jones, pg. 1106
Bibliography
Schürer Emil , Vermes Geza , Millar Fergus , The history of the Jewish people in the age of Jesus Christ (175 B.C.-A.D. 135) , Volume I, Edinburgh 1973, p. 243-266 (Survey of the Roman Province of Syria from 63 B.C. to A.D. 70).
Linda Jones Hall, Roman Berytus: Beirut in late antiquity (2004)
Martindale, J. R.; Jones, A. H. M, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire , Vol. I AD 260-395, Cambridge University Press (1971)