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Rock-hewn tomb

See Architecture V. Funerary architecture

Roman Province of Arabia

Zbigniew Fiema

Administrative unit created in 106 CE through the annexation of the Nabataean Kingdom, with Petra and Bostra as principal cities. In the 4th cent., the province was subdivided into Arabia and Palaestina Salutaris/Tertia. Both provinces existed until the Muslim conquest in the early 7th cent.

Rome [and Arabia]

Michael A. Speidel

This entry explores the military, political, diplomatic and commercial relations between the Roman Empire and the Arabian Peninsula.