Editing Arqa (section)

===Hellenistic and Roman period===
[[File:Monnaie - Dichalque, bronze, Césarée du Liban, Phénicie, Sévère Alexandre - btv1b11318310b (2 of 2).jpg|thumb|A coin of [[Alexander Severus]] from Caesarea ad Libanum (Roman Arqa)]]
After the death of [[Alexander the Great]] Arca came under the control first of the [[Lagids]] then of the [[Seleucids]]. When the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] gained control over this part of western Asia, they entrusted Arca as a client [[tetrarchy]] or vassal principality to a certain Sohaimos, who died in AD 48 or 49. It was then incorporated in the [[Roman province]] of [[Syria (Roman province)|Syria]], but was soon entrusted to [[Herod Agrippa II]]. [[Pliny the Elder]] counts it among the tetrarchies of Syria. It was at this time that its name was changed to Caesarea,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9y7nTpFcN3AC&dq=arca+caesarea+province+syria&pg=PA77 ''The Middle East under Rome''], [[Maurice Sartre]] (Harvard University Press 2005 {{ISBN|978-0-67401683-5}}), p. 77</ref> distinguished from other cities of that name by being called '''Caesarea ad Libanum''' or '''Arca Caesarea'''. Under [[Septimius Severus]] (193–211) it was made part of the province of [[Phoenice (Roman province)|Syria Phoenicia]] and so became known as '''Arca in Phoenicia'''. Under his son [[Caracalla]] (198–217) it became a ''[[colonia (Roman)|colonia]]'' and in 208 [[Alexander Severus]] was born at Arca during a stay of his parents there.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/tell-arqa_%28Enciclopedia-dell%27-Arte-Antica%29/ |title=S.M. Cecchini, "Tell'Arqa" in ''Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica'' (Treccani 1997) |access-date=29 November 2014 |archive-date=5 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205061502/http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/tell-arqa_%28Enciclopedia-dell%27-Arte-Antica%29/ |url-status=live }}</ref>