Cilicia (Roman Province)
Cilicia was an early Roman province, the occurred on what is today the southern (Mediterranean) coast of Turkey. Cilicia was annexed to the Roman Empire in 64 BC by Pompey, as a consequence of his military presence in the east, after pursuing victory in the Third Mithridatic War. It was subdivided by Diocletian in around 297, and it remained under Roman, and subsequently Byzantine, rule for several centuries, until falling to the Islamic conquests.
Read more about Cilicia (Roman Province): First Contact and Establishment of The Province (103 – 47 BC), Provincial Changes (47 BC – 14 AD), Under The Principate (14 – 297 AD), Under The Late Empire (297 – C.700 AD)