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Province, 117 CE
Arabia Petraea
Imperial province, praetorian legateCapital: BostraRoman since 106 CE
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.
Absorbed without a real fight in 106 CE, on the death of the last Nabataean king — the empire's newest annexation before Dacia.
Cities on the map
44 places on the map
- Ad-Deir (The Monastery) · Tomb
- Arch of Hadrian · Arch
- Broken Pediment Tomb · Tomb
- Cardo Maximus · Road
- Cisterns of Avdat · Cistern
- Cisterns of Mamshit · Cistern
- City Walls of Gerasa · Wall
- Corinthian Tomb · Tomb
- Faynan Reservoir and Dam · Dam
- Fortress of Legio III Cyrenaica (Bostra) · Fort
- Hippodrome · Circus
- Humayma Roman Fort · Auxiliary Fort
- Nabataean Gate, Bosra · Gate
- North Gate · Gate
- North Theatre · Theater
- Nymphaeum · Fountain
- Obelisk Tomb · Tomb
- Oval Plaza · Forum
- Palace Tomb · Tomb
- Petra Dam · Dam
- Propylaea of the Sanctuary of Artemis · Monument
- Qasr al-Bint, Petra · Temple
- Renaissance Tomb · Tomb
- Roman Theatre of Bosra · Theater
- Sanctuary of Zeus Olympios · Sanctuary
- Silk Tomb · Tomb
- Snake Monument · Tomb
- South Gate · Gate
- South Theatre · Theater
- Southern Necropolis · Necropolis
- Temple of Artemis · Temple
- Temple of Ba'al-Shamin, Bosra · Temple
- Temple of Dionysos · Temple
- Temple of Dushares, Bosra · Temple
- Temple of Zeus Olympios · Temple
- The Treasury at Petra · Mausoleum
- Timna Valley Copper Mines · Mine
- Tomb of Sextius Florentinus · Tomb
- Tomb of the Roman Soldier · Tomb
- Tomb of Uneishu · Tomb
- Turkmaniyya Tomb · Tomb
- Urn Tomb at Petra · Tomb
- Via Nova Traiana · Road
- Wadi Faynan Copper Mines · Mine
Sources
- Cassius Dio, Roman History 68.14
- CIL III 14149 (Via Nova Traiana milestones)
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