Sampsiceramus I is confirmed in power and his family is left to rule the region surrounding Emesa under Roman suzerainty following the death of Antiochus XIII,

Client rulers like Sampsiceramus I can police routes and preserve the integrity of Rome without cost to Roman manpower or to the Roman treasury; they are probably paid for the privilege.

Emesa is added to the domains of Sampsiceramus I, but the first Emesani capital is Arethusa, a city north of Emesa, along the Orontes River.

The kingdom of Sampsiceramus I is the first of Rome’s client kingdoms on the desert’s fringes.

The kingdom’s boundaries extend from the Beqaa Valley in the west to the border of Palmyra in the east, from Yabrud in the south to Arethusa in the north and Heliopolis.