Osroene

Kingdom of Osroene

ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܐܘܪܗܝ

Vassal of the Parthian Empire (63 BC–114 AD) and the Roman Empire (114–244)

132 BC–AD 244

Map includes Osroene as a tributary kingdom of the Armenian Empire under Tigranes the Great

Capital

Edessa

Languages

Syriac, Greek

Government

Monarchy

Historical era

Hellenistic Age

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Established

132 BC

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Disestablished

AD 244

Preceded by

Succeeded by

Seleucid Empire

Early history
This article is part of the series on the History of the Assyrian people

Old Assyrian Empire (20th–15th c. BCE) Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–612 BCE) Achaemenid Assyria (539–330 BCE)
Classical Antiquity
Seleucid Empire (312–63 BCE) Parthian Empire (247 BCE – 224 CE) Osroene (132 BCE – 244 CE) Syrian Wars (66 BCE – 217 CE) Roman Syria (64 BCE – 637 CE) Adiabene (15–116) Roman Assyria (116–118) Christianization (1st to 3rd c.) Nestorian Schism (5th c.) Asōristān (226–651) Byzantine–Sasanian wars (502–628)
Middle Ages
Muslim conquest of Persia (630s-640s) Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258) Emirs of Mosul (905–1383) Buyid amirate (945–1055) Principality of Antioch (1098–1268) Ilkhanate (1258–1335) Jalairid Sultanate (1335–1432) Kara Koyunlu (1375–1468) Ağ Qoyunlu (1453–1501)
Modern History
Safavid dynasty (1508-1555) Ottoman Empire (1555–1917) Schism of 1552 (16th c.) Massacres of Badr Khan (1840s) Massacres of Diyarbakir (1895) Rise of nationalism (19th c.) Adana massacre (1909) Assyrian genocide (1914–1920) Assyrian independence movement (since 1919) Simele massacre (1933) Post-Saddam Iraq (since 2003)
See also
Assyrian continuity Assyrian–Chaldean–Syriac diaspora

Seleucid Empire (312–63 BCE)
Parthian Empire (247 BCE – 224 CE)
Osroene (132 BCE – 244 CE)
Syrian Wars (66 BCE – 217 CE)
Roman Syria (64 BCE – 637 CE)
Adiabene (15–116)
Roman Assyria (116–118)
Christianization (1st to 3rd c.)
Nestorian Schism (5th c.)
Asōristān (226–651)
Byzantine–Sasanian wars (502–628)