The Roman army in Jordan
This is an updated and revised second edition of a handbook originally prepared for the XVIIIth International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies in Amman, Jordan in 2000 - a reflection of the growing importance of Roman studies in Jordan in recent years. In Part A, there are chapters on geography an...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
CBRL
2004.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009691139806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Chronology
- Chronological Terminology
- Nabataean King List
- Eras
- Glossary and a Note on Place-Names
- Colour Photographs
- List of Illustrations
- Part A
- Roman Jordan
- This Book
- The Familiarity of the Subject
- The History of Exploration
- Guide to Available Further Reading
- The Future
- Getting Around
- The Evidence and Methodologies
- Literary and Sub-literary Sources
- Papyrological and Epigraphic Evidence
- The Physical Remains
- Exploration and Approaches to the Evidence
- Contrasts and Comparisons
- Geography and Environment
- Physical Geography
- Water Resources and Rainfall
- Soils and Other Natural Resources
- Vegetation and Agriculture
- Communications
- The Romans in Jordan
- Introduction
- Early Roman Jordan
- The Later Nabataean Kingdom
- Arabia
- Late Roman Jordan
- From Roman to Umayyad Jordan
- The Roman Army in Jordan
- Before AD 106
- The Nabataean Army
- The Annexation of Nabataea and Formation of Provincia Arabia
- The Cohortes Petraeorum
- The Roman Garrison from AD 106 to the Fourth Century: Legions, Auxiliary Regiments, Other Units
- The Fifth Century to the Islamic Conquest
- `Jordanians' in the Roman Army
- The Role of the Army
- The Roman Army and its Garrison Places in the Notitia Dignitatum
- The Notitia Dignitatum, Oriens. 37 and 34
- Part B
- The Azraq Oasis
- Basie (Azraq Duruz)
- Azraq Shishan
- Qasr el-Uweinid
- Qasr Aseikhin
- Qasr Ain el-Beida
- Qasr Ain es-Sol
- The Basalt Desert
- The `Via Severiana'
- Azraq to Dumat al-Jandal (Jauf)
- Azraq to Bostra
- Khirbet Umm el-Menara
- Deir el-Kahf
- Deir el-Qinn
- Jathum
- Qasr Burqu
- The Southern Hauran
- Umm el-Quttein
- Umm el-Jimal
- Qasr el-Bai'j
- The Via Nova Traiana
- The Northern Steppe
- Roads and Routes
- Al-Qihati
- Qasr el-Hallabat
- Khirbet Khaw
- Thantia (?) (Thughrat el-Jubb)
- Aditha/Hatita (?) (Khirbet es-Samra);
- Qal'at Zerqa
- Qaryat el-Hadid
- El-Fedein
- Al-Madwar and Rihab
- Khirbet Ain
- The Jordanian Decapolis
- Roads and Routes
- Gadara (Umm Qeis)
- Pella (Tabaqat Fahl)
- Gerasa (Jerash)
- Tell Faysal?
- Umm er-Rumman
- Al-Birah
- Gadora (Salt)
- Yajuz
- Philadelphia (Amman)
- The Madaba Plain
- The Road System
- Wadi Kafrain
- Azaima
- Beelmaous (Ma'in)
- Machaerus (El-Mishnaqah)
- Libonna
- (G. Al-Qastal)
- Zizia (Jizeh)
- Umm Quseir
- Umm el-Walid
- Zafaran
- Khirbet ez-Zona
- Qasr Dubaiyah
- Madaba
- The Dhiban Plateau
- Dibon (Dhiban)
- Mefaat (Umm er-Resas)
- Khan ez-Zebib
- Qasr Saliya and Er-Rama
- Qasr Thuraiya
- The Wadi Mujib
- The Character of the Mujib Area
- The Via Nova Traiana
- Muhattet el-Hajj (Lower)
- Muhattet el-Hajj (Upper [= Karakun])
- Qasr el-Al
- Qasr Bshir
- Qasr el-Maqhaz
- Qusur Rishan
- Qatrana
- The Kerak Plateau
- Rabbathmoab/Areopolis (Er-Rabba)
- Characmoab (Kerak)
- Mutah, El-Mashad
- Betthorus/um (?) (El-Lejjun)
- Khirbet el-Fityan
- Rujm Beni Yasser
- Qasr Abu Rukbah
- Qasr Muhai
- Umm Ubtulah
- Khirbet el-Mureigha
- El-Jibal
- The Via Nova Traiana
- Rujm el-Faridiyyeh
- Robotha (Ruwath)
- Thana/Thoana/Thornia (At-Tuwana)
- Jurf ed-Darawish
- Qasr el-Bint
- Da 'ajaniya
- Khirbet Qannas
- Khirbet Abu Safat'
- Qal at Uraiza
- Petraea
- The Via Nova Traiana
- Petra
- Towers
- Khirbet Arja II
- Adrou/Adroa (Udruh)
- Tell Abara
- Abu Danna
- Khirbet el-Ail
- Theman
- Jebel Tahuna
- Carcaria
- The Shera'a
- Ma'an, El-Hammam and El-Mutrab
- Zodocatha/Zadagatta (Es-Sadaqa)
- The Via Nova Traiana
- Khirbet el-Qirana
- Al-Batra
- Khatt Shebib
- The Hisma
- The Via Nova Traiana
- Hauara (Humayma)
- Quweira
- Praesidium (Khirbet el-Khalde)
- Qasr el-Kithara
- Ramm
- The Wadi Araba
- Roads and Routes
- Aila/Aela/Aelana (Aqaba)
- Rujm Taba
- Ariddela/Arieldela (Gharandal)
- Qa'a ex-Sa'idiyeen
- Qasr Wadi et-Tayyiba
- Bir Madkhur
- Phaeno (Faynan)
- Toloha (Qasr et-Tlah)
- Praesidium (Qasr el-Feifeh)
- Zoara (Es-Safi)
- Beyond Jordan
- Southern Syria: Bostra, Ad-Diyatheh, Nemara, Inat and Imtan
- Saudi Arabia: Northern Province: Dumata (Dumat al-Jandal, Jauf)
- Saudi Arabia: The Hedjaz: Medain Saleh, Rawaffa
- Israel: The Wadi Araba and Negev Desert: Yotveta, Mezad Tamar, Upper Zohar and En-Boqeq, Mampsis (Kurnub), Nessana (Nitzana) and Oboda (Avdat). Berosaba (Beer Sheva)
- Part C
- Bibliography.
