TSAFRIR, YORAM (1986). «The Transfer of the Negev, Sinai and Southern Transjordan from ‘Arabia’ to ‘Palaestina.’». Israel Exploration Journal(en inglés) (Israel Exploration Society) 36 (1/2): 78. Consultado el 18 de mayo de 2021. «the southern regions of Arabia, i.e. southern Transjordan (ancient Edom), the Negev and a large part of the Sinai peninsula were transferred from Arabia to Palestine [...] this territorial change took place as a consequence of the reforms of Diocletian at the end of the third century».
DAN, YARON (1982). «Palaestina Salutaris (Tertia) and Its Capital». Israel Exploration Journal(en inglés) (JSTOR) 32 (2/3): 134-135. Consultado el 18 de mayo de 2021. «The division of Palestine into two provinces, Palestina Prima and Southern Palestine, later to be known as Palaestina Salutaris, took place in 357-358 [...] In 409 we hear for the first time of the three provinces of Palestine: Palaestina Prima, Secunda and Tertia (the former Salutaris)».
