Roman Military Palace
Ruins · Syria
- Abandoned
- 256
- Founded
- 210
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 34.752, 40.729
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: former Ancient Roman palace in Dura-Europos
History
The Palace of the Dux Ripae was the largest and most important building in Dura-Europos during the period of Roman rule. According to the inscriptions, the Palace was erected under Elagabalus and it seems to have survived until the Sassanid conquest of Dura-Europos in AD 256.