place
Commagene
also: Commagene, Commagenen
A small kingdom of northern Syria on the upper Euphrates, ruled by Antiochus I; in 51 BC reported as the route by which Parthian forces were said to be advancing into the Roman province.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 8.10 §1 through Commagene
Commagene, the small client-kingdom on the upper Euphrates ruled by Antiochus I, was the natural corridor for a Parthian army crossing into the Roman province of Syria and Cilicia.