The Roman army in Jordan / D. L. Kennedy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kennedy, D. L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jordan--Antiquities, Roman.

Jordan.

Rome--Army--History.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

London : CBRL, 2004.

Summary:

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 and environment, the Romans in Jordan and the Roman army there. In Part B there are 15 chapters surveying, region by region, the evidence for forts, towers, roads, literary texts, inscriptions and excavation around the entire country, ending with a chapter on the immediately adjacent parts of Roman Arabia that now lie in Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel. The book is profusely illustrated throughout and has many aerial views including 20 full-page photographs in colour.

Contents:

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

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

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

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

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)

Khirbet el-Qirana

Al-Batra

Khatt Shebib

The Hisma

Hauara (Humayma)

Quweira

Praesidium (Khirbet el-Khalde)

Qasr el-Kithara

Ramm

The Wadi Araba

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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781739730147