Cilicia Campestris was one of the six districts of the Roman province of Cilicia organized by Pompey the Great (l. c. 106-48 BCE) in 64 BCE. The name translates roughly into “Cilicia of the Plains” and corresponds to the earlier name for the area, Cilicia Pedias which meant “smooth” or “flat” Cilicia as contrasted with the more mountainous and difficult terrain of Cilicia Trachea (renamed Cilicia Aspera by Pompey). The six districts of Cilicia as organized by Pompey were:
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1700 BCE - 1200 BCECilicia Campestris part of Hittite Old Kingdom and Hittite Empire.
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c. 700 BCE - 612 BCECilicia Campestris known as Qu'e, part of Assyrian Empire.
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c. 547 BCE - 333 BCECilicia Campestris part of Persian Empire.
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333 BCE - 323 BCECilicia Campestris part of Alexander the Great's Empire.
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c. 323 BCE - c. 103 BCECilicia Campestris divided between Seleucid and Ptolemaic Empires.
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c. 103 BCE - 476 CECilicia Campestris part of Roman Republic then province of Roman Empire.
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64 BCECilicia Campestris one of six districts named and organized by Pompey the Great.
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c. 476 CE - c. 1453 CECilicia Campestris part of Byzantine Empire.
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c. 700 CECilicia Campestris taken in Muslim Invasion.
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1080 CE - 1375 CECilicia Campestris part of Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
