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Palaestina Salutaris or Palaestina Tertia was a Byzantine (Eastern Roman) province, which covered the area of the Negev (or Edom), Sinai (except the north western coast) and south-west of Transjordan, south of the Dead Sea. The province, a part of the Diocese of the East, was split from Arabia Petraea in the 6th century and existed until the Muslim Arab conquests of the 7th century.

Palaestina III Salutaris Παλαιστίνη Τρίτη
Province of the Byzantine Empire, Diocese of the East

Location of Palaestina Salutaris
Palaestina Salutaris within Diocese of the East, in 400 AD.
Capital Petra
Historical era Late Antiquity
 •  Established c.390
 •  Persian occupation 612–628
 •  Muslim conquest of Syria 636
Today part of  Israel
 Saudi Arabia







Byzantine rule in the 4th century introduced Christianity to the population.[3]:459 Agricultural-based cities were established and the population grew exponentially.[3]:459 Under Byzantium (since 390), a new subdivision did further split the province of Cilicia into Cilicia Prima, Cilicia Secunda; Syria Palaestina was split into Syria Prima, Syria Salutaris, Phoenice Lebanensis, Palaestina Prima, Palaestina Secunda and eventually also Palaestina Salutaris (in 6th century).


Palaestina Tertia included the Negev, southern Transjordan, once part of Arabia Petraea, and most of Sinai with Petra as the usual residence of the governor and Metropolitan Archbishopric. Palestina Tertia was also known as Palaestina Salutaris.[3]:8[4] According to historian H.H. Ben-Sasson,[5]:351


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  1. ^ Rimon, Ofra. "The Nabateans in the Negev". Hecht Museum. Retrieved 2011-02-07. 
  3. ^ a b c Mariam Shahin (2005). Palestine: A Guide. Interlink Books. ISBN 978-1-56656-557-8. 
  5. ^ H.H. Ben-Sasson (1976). A History of the Jewish People. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-39731-2.