1. Palmyra

2. Where is it?

4. Trade Routes
•
wealthy
Part of two trade routes
– Persian Gulf to India
– Silk Road (Europe into Asia)

5. Connection to Rome
• Syria annexed by Rome
around the time Cicero
was consul
• Palmyra officially
annexed into Syrian
province when Tiberius
was emperor.
Temple of Bel
• Became its own province
when Hadrian was
ruling

6. Why Does it Matter?
• As Rome got involved with Palmyra, Latin became a
high-status language.
• When Palmyra became a province, Roman soldiers
spread across the Roman empire, taking their
language with them.

7. What language(s)?
Palmyrene (Aramaic)
Greek