Roman Arabia

G. W. Bowersock

    Preface

    Abbreviations

    1. The Region

    2. The Coming of the Nabataeans

    3. Pompey and his Successors

    4. The Early Principle

    5. The Flowering of Nabataea

    6. The New Province

    7. Boundaries and Defenses

    8. The Impact of Septimius Severus

    9. From Philip to Zenobia

    10. King of all the Arabs

    Appendixes

    1. The New Inscription from Baraqish

    2. Nabataeans and Romans in the Wadi Sirhan

    3. The Governors of Arabia

    4. Ancient Maps of Roman Arabia

    Plans

    Plates

    Bibliography

    Index

  • Cover: Roman Arabia

G. W. Bowersock is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.