Osroene

Osroene ŏsrōē´nē [key], ancient kingdom of NW Mesopotamia, in present-day SE Turkey and NE Syria. Edessa was its capital. It broke away (2d cent. BC) from the Seleucid empire and formed a separate kingdom. It came under Roman rule late in the 2d cent. AD

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