Bosra

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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

Petra in fiction

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