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Province, 117 CE
Arabia Petraea
Imperial province, praetorian legateCapital: Bostra
The empire's newest annexation before Dacia — the Nabataean kingdom, absorbed without a real fight in 106 CE when its last king died, its famous rock-cut capital Petra becoming a Roman provincial city overnight. The Via Nova Traiana, a paved military road from Bostra clear down to the Red Sea, was under construction through most of the province's first decade as Roman territory.
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Sources
- Cassius Dio, Roman History 68.14
- CIL III 14149 (Via Nova Traiana milestones)
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