Heavily fortified military/settlement city along the eastern border of the Roman Empire. Founded in approximately 300 BCE by Selecus Nicator and captured by the Parthians in 113 BCE. Romans displaced the Parthians in ACE 165, but lost the city of the Sassanian after a siege in ACE 256-7. Remarkable for its military garrison, citadel, temples, a Jewish Synagogue, and an early Christian House Church. Extensively excavated by a American and French expeditions. Looted during the Syrian civil war.
Site: Dura-Europos (Syria/Euphrates River valley), Contributor(s): ; The Levantine Ceramics Project, accessed on 02 May 2025, https://www.levantineceramics.org/sites/2804-dura-europos-salhiye.
