''For the kingdom, please see Kingdom of Commagene.''

'Commagene' or 'Kommagene' (Greek:''Kομμαγηνή'', Kommagênê ) is a region of ancient Armenia which is located in modern south eastern Turkey on the border with Syria. Initially a part of the Armenian province of Sophene, it was detached from Armenia along with Sophene by the Seleucids, forming part of the Kingdom of Sophene The Kingdom of Armenia, , Mark, Chahin, Routlege, , .
Later, in about 163 B.C. the Seleucids detached Commagene from Sophene. The local satrap Ptolemaeus of Commagene established himself as ruler of the Kingdom of Commagene in this year. The kingdom maintained independence until 72 A.D. when it became a province of the Roman Empire.
Historical evidence suggests that the population of the region was linguistically and ethnically Armenian until the end of the 1st century B.C. Coinage of the Armenia Kingdoms of Sophene and Commagene, , Paul, Bedoukian, Armenian Numismatic Society, , Toumanoff, Cyril(1963) ''Studies in Christian Caucasian History'', Georgetown University Press

The province of ''Commagene'', highlighted in the administrative subdivision of the Roman Empire in 120.

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★ List of rulers of Commagene

★ Roman province

★ Mount Nemrut

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