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Osroene (also apelled '''Osrohene''', '''Osrhoene'''; , ''' Edessa ''' (modern Şanlıurfa , Turkey ), is a region east of the upper course of the Euphrates , a traditional battleground for the powers that ruled Asia Minor , Persia , Syria , and Armenia . Osroene was one of several kingdoms arising from the dissolution of the Seleucid Empire . The Syriac kingdom occupied an area on what is now the border between Syria and Turkey . It was in this region that the "legend of Abgar" originated, for which see Abgarus Of Edessa . Osroene was absorbed into the Roman Empire in 114 as a semi-autonomous vassal state, after a period under Sassanid (Persian) rule, incorporated as a simple Roman Province in 214 . Since Emperor Diocletian 's Tetrarchy reform circa 300 , it was part of the diocese of Oriens , in the pretorian prefecture of the same name. It was governed by a Dux , who ranked as Vir Spectabilis RULERS OF OSROENE
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