Urima or Ourima, also known as Antiochia ad Euphratem and Arulis, was a town on the
Euphrates River
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of
Classical Anatolia
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, inhabited from
Hellenistic
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to
Byzantine
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times.
[ It was in the late ]Roman
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province of Euphratensis
Euphratensis (Latin for " Euphratean"; grc-gre, Εὑφρατησία, ''Euphratēsía''), fully Augusta Euphratensis, was a late Roman and then Byzantine province in Syrian region, part of the Byzantine Diocese of the East.
History
Sometime be ...
.[ Urima was the seat of a bishop; no longer a residential bishopric, it remains a ]titular see
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of the Roman Catholic Church
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.
Its site is located near , in a now-submerged portion of Gaziantep Province
Gaziantep Province ( tr, ) is a province in south-central Turkey. It is located in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region. Its capital is the city of Gaziantep. It neighbours Ad ...
in Asiatic Turkey.
References
Populated places in ancient Upper Mesopotamia
Former populated places in Turkey
Populated places of the Byzantine Empire
History of Gaziantep Province
Hellenistic colonies in Anatolia
Catholic titular sees in Asia
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