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Sampsigeramus I
Sampsigeramus I was an Arab chieftain who founded the priest-kingdom of Emesa, modern Homs, in Syria, controlling the Orontes valley and the town of Arethusa as the Seleucid Empire collapsed in the 1st century BCE. He submitted to Pompey in 64 BCE and was recognised as a client ruler of Rome. His descendants, the Emesene dynasty, ruled until the 70s CE.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sampsigeramus I. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sampsigeramus-i
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- “Sampsigeramus I.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sampsigeramus-i. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Sampsigeramus I.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sampsigeramus-i.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Sampsigeramus I’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sampsigeramus-i (Accessed: ).
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