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Arabia Petraea or Petrea, also known as Rome's Arabian Province (Provincia Arabia; العربية الصخرية.; Ἐπαρχία Πετραίας Ἀραβίας) or simply Arabia, was a frontier province of the Roman Empire beginning in the 2nd century.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 81 relations: Alexander the Great, Amman, Annuario Pontificio, Aqaba, Arabia Deserta, Arabia Felix, Arabian Peninsula, Arabic, Arabs, Aramco World, As-Suwayda, Assyria (Roman province), Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus, Avidius Cassius, Bosana (Syria), Bosra, Bostran era, Byzantine Church (Petra), Byzantine Empire, Clodius Albinus, Daraa, Diocese of the East, Diocletian, Gaul, Gulf of Aqaba, Hauran, Hegra (Mada'in Salih), Hellenization, Heshbon, History of the Romans in Arabia, Israel, Jabal al-Druze, Jerash, Jordan River, Judaea (Roman province), Julia Domna, Lajat, Legio III Cyrenaica, Legio VI Ferrata, Levant, Limes Arabicus, List of Roman governors of Arabia Petraea, Lucius Aninius Sextius Florentinus, Madaba, Marcus Aurelius, Mesopotamia (Roman province), Metropolis, Moab, Muslim conquest of the Levant, Nabataean Kingdom, ... Expand index (31 more) »

  2. 100s establishments in the Roman Empire
  3. 630s disestablishments in the Byzantine Empire
  4. Ancient Levant
  5. Arabia
  6. Jordan in the Roman era
  7. Late Roman Syria
  8. Nabataea
  9. Sinai Peninsula
  10. States and territories established in the 100s

Alexander the Great

Alexander III of Macedon (Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.

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Amman

Amman (ʿAmmān) is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center.

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Annuario Pontificio

The Annuario Pontificio (Italian for Pontifical Yearbook) is the annual directory of the Holy See of the Catholic Church.

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Aqaba

Aqaba (al-ʿAqaba) is the only coastal city in Jordan and the largest and most populous city on the Gulf of Aqaba.

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Arabia Deserta

Arabia Deserta (Latin meaning "Abandoned/Deserted Arabia"), also known as Arabia Magna ("Great Arabia"), signified the desert interior of the Arabian peninsula. Arabia Petraea and Arabia Deserta are Arabia.

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Arabia Felix

Arabia Felix (literally: Fertile/Happy Arabia; also Ancient Greek: Εὐδαίμων Ἀραβία, Eudaemon Arabia) was the Latin name previously used by geographers to describe South Arabia, or what is now Yemen. Arabia Petraea and Arabia Felix are Arabia.

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Arabian Peninsula

The Arabian Peninsula (شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَة الْعَرَبِيَّة,, "Arabian Peninsula" or جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب,, "Island of the Arabs"), or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate.

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Arabic

Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.

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Arabs

The Arabs (عَرَب, DIN 31635:, Arabic pronunciation), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa.

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Aramco World

Aramco World (formerly Saudi Aramco World) is a bi-monthly magazine published by Aramco Services Company, a US-based subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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As-Suwayda

As-Suwayda (ٱلسُّوَيْدَاء / ALA-LC romanization: as-Suwaydāʾ), also spelled Sweida, is a mainly Druze city located in southwestern Syria, close to the border with Jordan.

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Assyria (Roman province)

Assyria was a short-lived Roman province in Mesopotamia that was created by Trajan in 116 during his campaign against the Parthian Empire.

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Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus

Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus (died AD 118) was a soldier and Roman statesman who was twice consul: first as consul ordinarius in AD 99, with Quintus Sosius Senecio as his colleague; and again in 109, with Publius Calvisius Tullus Ruso as his colleague.

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Avidius Cassius

Gaius Avidius Cassius (130 – July 175 AD) was a Syrian Roman general and usurper.

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Bosana (Syria)

Bosana was an ancient city and bishopric in Roman Arabia, now a Latin Catholic titular see.

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Bosra

Bosra (Buṣrā), formerly Bostra (Βόστρα) and officially called Busra al-Sham (Buṣrā al-Shām), is a town in southern Syria, administratively belonging to the Daraa District of the Daraa Governorate and geographically part of the Hauran region. Arabia Petraea and Bosra are Nabataea.

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Bostran era

The Bostran era (also called the era of Bostra, the Arabian era or provincial era) was a calendar era (year numbering) with an epoch (start date) corresponding to 22March 106AD.

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Byzantine Church (Petra)

The Byzantine Church at Petra (also known as The Petra Church) is a prime example of monumental architecture in Byzantine Petra.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Clodius Albinus

Decimus Clodius Albinus (150 – 19 February 197) was a Roman imperial pretender between 193 and 197.

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Daraa

Daraa (Darʿā, Levantine Arabic:, also Darʿā, Dara’a, Deraa, Dera'a, Dera, Derʿā and Edrei; means "fortress", compare Dura-Europos) is a city in southwestern Syria, located about north of the border with Jordan.

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Diocese of the East

The Diocese of the East, also called the Diocese of Oriens, (Dioecesis Orientis; Διοίκησις Ἑῴα) was a diocese of the later Roman Empire, incorporating the provinces of the western Middle East, between the Mediterranean Sea and Mesopotamia. Arabia Petraea and diocese of the East are late Roman Syria.

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Diocletian

Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, Diokletianós; 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed Jovius, was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305.

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Gaul

Gaul (Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy.

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Gulf of Aqaba

The Gulf of Aqaba (Khalīj al-ʿAqaba) or Gulf of Eilat (Mifrátz Eilát) is a large gulf at the northern tip of the Red Sea, east of the Sinai Peninsula and west of the Arabian Peninsula.

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Hauran

The Hauran (Ḥawrān; also spelled Hawran or Houran) is a region that spans parts of southern Syria and northern Jordan.

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Hegra (Mada'in Salih)

Hegra (Ἕγρα), also known as Mada’in Salih (translit), is an archaeological site located in the area of Al-'Ula within Medina Province in the Hejaz region, Saudi Arabia. Arabia Petraea and Hegra (Mada'in Salih) are Nabataea.

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Hellenization

Hellenization (also spelled Hellenisation) or Hellenism is the adoption of Greek culture, religion, language, and identity by non-Greeks.

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Heshbon

Heshbon (also Hesebon, Esebon, Esbous, Esbus; حشبون, Esebus, חשבון Ḥešbōn, Ἐσεβών, Ἐσσεβών, Ἐσβούτα, Ἐσβούς, Ἔσβους, Ἔξβους) were at least two different ancient towns located east of the Jordan River in what is now the Kingdom of Jordan, historically within the territories of ancient Ammon.

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History of the Romans in Arabia

The Roman presence in the Arabian Peninsula had its foundations in the expansion of the empire under Augustus, and continued until the Arab conquests of Eastern Roman territory from the 630s onward.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.

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Jabal al-Druze

Jabal al-Druze (Mountain of the Druze), is an elevated volcanic region in the As-Suwayda Governorate of southern Syria.

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Jerash

Jerash (جرش Ǧaraš; Gérasa) is a city in northern Jordan.

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Jordan River

The Jordan River or River Jordan (نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, Nahr al-ʾUrdunn; נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, Nəhar hayYardēn), also known as Nahr Al-Sharieat (نهر الشريعة.), is a river in the Levant that flows roughly north to south through the freshwater Sea of Galilee and on to the salt water Dead Sea.

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Judaea (Roman province)

Judaea (Iudaea; translit) was a Roman province from 6 to 132 AD, which incorporated the Levantine regions of Idumea, Philistia, Judea, Samaria and Galilee, extending over parts of the former regions of the Hasmonean and Herodian kingdoms of Judea. Arabia Petraea and Judaea (Roman province) are Jordan in the Roman era.

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Julia Domna

Julia Domna (– 217 AD) was Roman empress from 193 to 211 as the wife of Emperor Septimius Severus.

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Lajat

The Lajat (/ALA-LC: al-Lajāʾ), also spelled Lejat, Lajah, el-Leja or Laja, is the largest lava field in southern Syria, spanning some 900 square kilometers.

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Legio III Cyrenaica

Legio III Cyrenaica, (Third Legion "Cyrenean") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army.

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Legio VI Ferrata

Legio VI Ferrata ("Sixth Ironclad Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army.

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Levant

The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of West Asia and core territory of the political term ''Middle East''.

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Limes Arabicus

The Limes Arabicus was a desert frontier of the Roman Empire, running north from its start in the province of Arabia Petraea.

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List of Roman governors of Arabia Petraea

This is a list of known governors of the Arabia Petraea.

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Lucius Aninius Sextius Florentinus

Lucius Aninius Sextius Florentinus (died between 127 and 130) was a Roman senator, who held a number of imperial appointments during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian.

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Madaba

Madaba (مادبا; Biblical Hebrew: Mēḏəḇāʾ; Μήδαβα) is the capital city of Madaba Governorate in central Jordan, with a population of about 60,000.

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Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (English:; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher.

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Mesopotamia (Roman province)

Mesopotamia was the name of a Roman province, initially a short-lived creation of the Roman emperor Trajan in 116–117 and then re-established by Emperor Septimius Severus in c. 198. Arabia Petraea and Mesopotamia (Roman province) are states and territories disestablished in the 7th century.

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Metropolis

A metropolis is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural area for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications.

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Moab

Moab is an ancient Levantine kingdom whose territory is today located in southern Jordan.

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Muslim conquest of the Levant

The Muslim conquest of the Levant (Fatḥ al-šām; lit. "Conquest of Syria"), or Arab conquest of Syria, was a 634–638 CE invasion of Byzantine Syria by the Rashidun Caliphate.

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Nabataean Kingdom

The Nabataean Kingdom (Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢈 Nabāṭū), also named Nabatea, was a political state of the Nabataeans during classical antiquity. Arabia Petraea and Nabataean Kingdom are Nabataea.

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Nawa, Syria

Nawa (Nawā) is a city in Syria, administratively belonging to the Daraa Governorate.

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Negev

The Negev (hanNégev) or Negeb (an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel.

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Palaestina Salutaris

Palaestina Salutaris or Palaestina Tertia was a Byzantine (Eastern Roman) province, which covered the area of the Negev, Sinai (except the north-western coast) and south-west of Transjordan, south of the Dead Sea. Arabia Petraea and Palaestina Salutaris are Jordan in the Roman era, Sinai Peninsula and states and territories disestablished in the 7th century.

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Palmyra

Palmyra (Palmyrene:, romanized: Tadmor; Tadmur) is an ancient city in the eastern part of the Levant, now in the center of modern Syria.

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Parthia

Parthia (𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 Parθava; 𐭐𐭓𐭕𐭅Parθaw; 𐭯𐭫𐭮𐭥𐭡𐭥 Pahlaw) is a historical region located in northeastern Greater Iran.

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Pescennius Niger

Gaius Pescennius Niger (c. 135 – 194) was a Roman usurper from 193 to 194 during the Year of the Five Emperors.

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Petra

Petra (Al-Batrāʾ; Πέτρα, "Rock"), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu (Nabataean: or, *Raqēmō), is a historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. Arabia Petraea and Petra are Nabataea.

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Petra papyri

The Petra papyri, also known as the Petra archive, is a corpus of papyrus documents written in Ancient Greek and dating to the 6th century AD that were discovered in the Byzantine Church at Petra in 1993.

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Philip the Arab

Philip the Arab (Marcus Julius Philippus "Arabs"; 204 – September 249) was Roman emperor from 244 to 249.

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Praetorian prefecture of the East

The praetorian prefecture of the East, or of the Orient (praefectura praetorio Orientis, ἐπαρχότης/ὑπαρχία τῶν πραιτωρίων τῆς ἀνατολῆς) was one of four large praetorian prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided. Arabia Petraea and praetorian prefecture of the East are states and territories disestablished in the 7th century.

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Pre-Islamic Arabia

Pre-Islamic Arabia, referring to the Arabian Peninsula before Muhammad's first revelation in 610 CE, is referred to in Islam in the context of, highlighting the prevalence of paganism throughout the region at the time.

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Qanawat

Qanawat (Qanawāt) is a village in Syria, located 7 km north-east of al-Suwayda.

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Rabbel II Soter

Rabbel II Soter (Nabataean Aramaic: Rabʾel dī ʾaḥyēy wa-šēzīb ʿammeh, "Rabbel, who gave life and deliverance to his people") was the last ruler of the Nabataean Kingdom, ruling from 70 to 106.

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Red Sea

The Red Sea is a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.

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Roman Armenia

Roman Armenia refers to the rule of parts of Greater Armenia by the Roman Empire from the 1st century AD to the end of Late Antiquity.

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Roman Egypt

Roman Egypt; was an imperial province of the Roman Empire from 30 BC to AD 641. Arabia Petraea and Roman Egypt are states and territories disestablished in the 7th century.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Roman province

The Roman provinces (pl.) were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire.

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Roman Syria

Roman Syria was an early Roman province annexed to the Roman Republic in 64 BC by Pompey in the Third Mithridatic War following the defeat of King of Armenia Tigranes the Great, who had become the protector of the Hellenistic kingdom of Syria. Arabia Petraea and Roman Syria are ancient Levant.

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Septimius Severus

Lucius Septimius Severus (11 April 145 – 4 February 211) was a Roman politician who served as emperor from 193 to 211.

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Shahba

Shahba (شَهْبَا / ALA-LC: Shahbā) is a city located south of Damascus in the Jabal el Druze in As-Suwayda Governorate of Syria, but formerly in the Roman province of Arabia Petraea.

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Shaqqa

Shaqqa or Shakka (Šaqqā) is a Syrian town in As Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria.

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Sinai Peninsula

The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (سِينَاء; سينا; Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia.

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Syria (region)

Syria (Hieroglyphic Luwian: Sura/i; Συρία; ܣܘܪܝܐ) or Sham (Ash-Shām) is a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in West Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant. Arabia Petraea and Syria (region) are history of Palestine (region).

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Tetrarchy

The Tetrarchy was the system instituted by Roman emperor Diocletian in 293 AD to govern the ancient Roman Empire by dividing it between two emperors, the augusti, and their junior colleagues and designated successors, the caesares.

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Tigris

The Tigris (see below) is the eastern of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates.

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Titular see

A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese".

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Trajan

Trajan (born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, adopted name Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 53) was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.

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Via Traiana Nova

The Via Traiana Nova or Trajan's New Road, previously known as the ''Via Regia'' or King's Highway, was an ancient Roman road built by Emperor Trajan in the province of Arabia Petraea, from Aqaba on the Red Sea to Bostra.

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Zorava

Zorava (زورافا; translit, also known in Arabic as al-Aroba) is a village located in the Sinjar District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq.

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363 Galilee earthquake

The Galilee earthquake of 363 was a pair of severe earthquakes that shook the Galilee and nearby regions on May 18 and 19.

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See also

100s establishments in the Roman Empire

630s disestablishments in the Byzantine Empire

Ancient Levant

Arabia

Jordan in the Roman era

Late Roman Syria

Nabataea

Sinai Peninsula

States and territories established in the 100s

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabia_Petraea

Also known as Arabia (Roman province), Arabia (province), Arabia Petrea, Arabia Province, Byzantine Arabia, Province of Arabia, Roman Arabia.

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