Rome and the Arabian Frontier: from the Nabataeans to the SaracensVariorum
David F. Graf
ISBN: 0860786587
price: $122.95 hardcover
Recent archaeological work has provided the basis for a
re-examination of the cultural dynamics between the desert and
town on the Arabian frontier of the Roman empire. These studies
include discussions of the background of the resident Nabataean
Arab kingdom, the formation of the province of Arabia, and the
integration of the indigenous sedentary and nomadic population
into the imperial system. The analysis involves the issues of
urbanization and demography, transportation and trade, and
borders and defense, reaching to the period of the Islamic
conquests.
Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; The origins of the
Nabataeans; The Nabataeans and the Decapolis; The Syrian Hauran;
Hellenisation and the Decapolis; The Nabataean army and the
Cohortes Ulpiae Petraeorum; The Via Nova Traiana in Arabia
Petraea; The "God" of Humayma; Qura ŒArabiyya and
Provincia Arabia; The Saracens and the defense of the Arabian
Frontier; Rome and the Saracens: reassessing the Nomadic menace;
Index of persons; Index of geographical names.
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