Palaestina (region)

region · 330 BC – 640 AD

A region at the southeastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, encompassing the coastal plain between Phoenicia and Gaza. The region's name appears in Greek, derived from the Hebrew Plšth, "the land of the Philistines", as early as the 5th century BCE. The name is used for the region in various contemporary languages, and for associated administrative areas (like Roman provinces) throughout subsequent antiquity.

Coordinates

31.25000, 34.75000

Also known as

PALESTINA (la), Palaestina, Palestina (la)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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