Emesa: All Data
1. Lists and Timelines
Homs: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
63 BC
Capital of Kingdom of Emesa
273 AD
Mentioned in Event: Reconquest of the Kingdom of Palmyra
273 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Emesa, part of Reconquest of the Kingdom of Palmyra
614 AD
Mentioned in Event: Persian dominance (Byzantine-Sasanian War of 602-628)
635 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Emesa, part of Conquest of Northern Syria
636 AD
Mentioned in Event: Conquest of Northern Syria
639 AD
Mentioned in Event: Conquest of Southern Anatolia
976 AD
Mentioned in Event: Byzantine conquest of Damascus, Tiberiade, Nazareth, Acri and Caesarea
1281 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mamluk-Ilkhanid War
1281 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Homs, part of Mamluk-Ilkhanid War
1299 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mamluk-Ilkhanid War
1299 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar, part of Mongol invasions and conquests
1832 AD
Mentioned in Event: Egyptian-Ottoman War (1831-1833)
1911 AD
Mentioned in Event: Libyan Front
1912 AD
Mentioned in Event: Libyan Front
1912 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Lausanne (1912)
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mesopotamian campaign
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Aftermath of World War I
1923 AD
Mentioned in Event: Italian military operations in Tripolitania
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War II (All other Vichy France Colonies)
1943 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of El-Agheila
1943 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War II (North African Theatre)
1946 AD
Mentioned in Event: Syria-Lebanon campaign
2011 AD
Mentioned in Event: Early Protest Phase of the First Libyan Civil War
2011 AD
Mentioned in Event: Libyan Civil War (2011)
2011 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Homs
2012 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battles in Homs City
2012 AD
Mentioned in Event: Libyan Civil War (2014-present)
2012 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Northern Homs
2014 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battles in Homs City
2014 AD
Mentioned in Event: First Phase (Tobruk/GNA/Islamists/IS)
2016 AD
Mentioned in Event: Libyan Civil War (2014-present)
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Homs Governorate, part of Arab Republic of Syria