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*SCHOLARLY AND FICTIONAL WORKS: see [[:Category:Bosra (subject)]] | |||
*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Bosra (sources)]] | |||
'''Bosra''' (now in Syria) was a Nabatean (and later, Roman) town. | |||
==Overview== | |||
The city acquired prominence in the 2nd century BCE as the [[Nabateans]] took control of the main commercial routes which passed through it from the Arabian peninsula and [[Petra]] to [[Damascus]] in the north. | |||
In 106 CE, Bosra was conquered and absorbed into the Roman Empire. The city, renamed ''Nova Trajana Bostra'', was the residence of the legio III Cyrenaica and flourished as the capital of the new province ''Arabia Petrae''. | |||
==Bosra in ancient sources== | |||
==Bosra in scholarship== | |||
==Bosra in fiction== | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosra Wikipedia] | |||
*[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0004_0_03412.html Jewish Virtual Library] | |||
[[Category:Places]] | |||
Revision as of 06:30, 26 September 2011
- SCHOLARLY AND FICTIONAL WORKS: see Category:Bosra (subject)
- ANCIENT SOURCES: see Bosra (sources)
Bosra (now in Syria) was a Nabatean (and later, Roman) town.
Overview
The city acquired prominence in the 2nd century BCE as the Nabateans took control of the main commercial routes which passed through it from the Arabian peninsula and Petra to Damascus in the north.
In 106 CE, Bosra was conquered and absorbed into the Roman Empire. The city, renamed Nova Trajana Bostra, was the residence of the legio III Cyrenaica and flourished as the capital of the new province Arabia Petrae.