Osroene (
Osrohene,
Osröene), also known by the name of its
capital city,
Edessa (modern
Sanli Urfa[?]), was one of several kingdoms arising from the dissolution of the
Seleucid Empire. The kingdom occupied an area on what is now the border between
Syria and
Turkey.
It was in this region that the "legend of Abgarus" originated, for which see Abgarus of Edessa.
Osroene was absorbed into the Roman Empire in 114 as a semi-autonomous vassal state, and abolished and incorporated into Rome in 214.
