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- In 106 ce it was included in the Roman province of Arabia and rebuilt by the Romans; some fine ruins of their rule in this period have survived.
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2 days ago · The Roman Empire conquered the region and in 6 CE established the province known as Judaea, then in 132 CE in the period of the Bar Kokhba revolt the province was expanded and renamed Syria Palaestina.
May 14, 2024 · In 106 CE, the city of Petra was at its peak when the Roman emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 CE) annexed the Kingdom of Nabataea and transformed it into a Roman province named Arabia Petraea. The Romans adopted their city planning, and many new structures were built, including the Roman Soldier Tomb , the Sextius Florentinus Tomb, and the colonnaded ...
2 days ago · c. 129 or 135: Syria Palæstina was a Roman province between 135 and about 390. It was established by the merger of Roman Syria and Roman Judaea, shortly before or after the Bar Kokhba Revolt. There is only circumstantial evidence linking Hadrian with the name change and the precise date is not certain.
May 14, 2024 · In 106 ce it was included in the Roman province of Arabia and rebuilt by the Romans; some fine ruins of their rule in this period have survived. With the coming of Christianity, it became a bishopric among the sees of Palestina Tertia subject to Bostra.
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1 day ago · Amman ( UK: / əˈmɑːn / ə-MAHN, US: / ɑːˈmɑːn / ah-MAHN; Arabic: عَمَّان, romanized : ʿAmmān, pronounced [ʕaˈmːaːn]) [5] [6] is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. [7] With a population of 4,061,150 as of 2021, Amman is Jordan's primate city and is the ...
May 1, 2024 · AMMAN — Kastron Mefa'a (Umm ar-Rasas) is located 30 kilometres southeast of Madaba, in central Jordan. The site was known as a Roman military outpost in a desert and was one of the important localities on the King's Highway.
May 13, 2024 · AMMAN — The Roman Empire in the Middle East recruited so-called “dromedarii”, who were camel-riding soldiers in the desert provinces of the empire to replace classical cavalry. In this harsh arid climate, camels were often more useful than horses and dromedarii were both part of the transport and fighting units.
