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Roman Arabia

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PAPERBACK

$37.00 • £29.95 • €33.50

ISBN 9780674777569

Publication Date: 08/19/1998

* Academic Trade

242 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

22 halftones in 16 page insert, 5 line illustrations, 3 maps

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  • 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

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