List of Roman governors of Syria

This is a list of governors of the Roman province of Syria. From 27 BC, the province was governed by an imperial legate of consular rank. The province was divided in AD 193 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 Syria (65–27 BC)

• 65–62: Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
• 61–60: Lucius Marcius Philippus
• 59–58: Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus
• 57–54: Aulus Gabinius
• 54–53: Marcus Licinius Crassus
• 53–51: Gaius Cassius Longinus
• 51–50: Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus
• 50/49: Fabricius Veiento
• 49–48: Metellus Scipio
• 47–46: Sextus Julius Caesar
• 46–44: Quintus Caecilius Bassus
• 45: Gaius Antistius Vetus
• 44: Lucius Staius Murcus
• 44–43: Quintus Marcius Crispus
• 44–42: Gaius Cassius Longinus
• 41–40: Lucius Decidius Saxa
• 40–39: Parthian occupation
• 39–38: Publius Ventidius Bassus
• 38–37: Gaius Sosius
• 35: Lucius Munatius Plancus
• 34/33–33/32: Lucius Calpurnius Bibulus
• 30: Quintus Didius
• 29: Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus
• 28–25: Cicero Minor

Propraetorial Imperial Legates of Roman Syria (27 BC to 193 AD)

Propraetorial Imperial Legates of Syria Coele (193 AD to c. 295 AD)

Propraetorial Imperial Legates of Syria Phoenicia (193 AD to c. 295 AD)

Consularis Governors of Syria Coele (c. 295 AD to c. 415 AD)

Consularis Governors of Syria Phoenicia (c. 295 AD to c. 395 AD)

Footnotes

1. Some consider that Lucius Calpurnius Piso "the Pontifex" was here the governor of Syria. This is based on an inscription called the Titulus Tiburtinus.
2. Martindale & Jones, pg. 1105
3. Hall, pg. 94
4. Hall, pg. 95
5. Hall, pg. 96
6. Hall, pg. 103
7. Successor to the previous Protasius – see Martindale & Jones, pg. 1106
8. Martindale, J. R. & A. H. M. Jones, "Nicentius 1", The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. I AD 260-395 (Cambridge: University Press, 1971), p. 628

Bibliography

• Dąbrowa, Edward, The Governors of Roman Syria from Augustus to Septimius Severus (1998)
• 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)