EditorialSyria, Shahba (known in Late Antiquity as Philippopolis). View of the theatre faced with basalt blocks. 3rd century. Photo taken before the Syrian civil war.
EditorialRoman Emperor Marcus Julius Philippus, " Philip the Arab" reigned 244-249. Born in Shahba-Philippopolis, Syria, he was proclaimed Emperor by the legions and was assasinated 5 years later. St. Jerome called him the " first Christian Emper...