Preface p. 5 Chronology p. 8 Chronological Terminology Nabataean King List Eras Glossary and a Note on Place-Names p. 10 Colour Photographs p. 10 List of Illustrations p. 11

Roman Jordan p. 18 This Book The Familiarity of the Subject The History of Exploration Guide to Available Further Reading The Future Getting Around The Evidence and Methodologies p. 24 Literary and Sub-literary Sources Papyrological and Epigraphic Evidence The Physical Remains Exploration and Approaches to the Evidence Contrasts and Comparisons Geography and Environment p. 30 Physical Geography Water Resources and Rainfall Soils and Other Natural Resources Vegetation and Agriculture Communications The Romans in Jordan p. 36 Introduction Early Roman Jordan The Later Arabia Late Roman Jordan From Roman to Umayyad Jordan The Roman Army in Jordan p. 44 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 p. 53 The Notitia Dignitatum, Oriens. 37 and 34

The Azraq Oasis p. 56 Basie (Azraq Duruz) Azraq Shishan Qasr el-Uweinid Qasr Aseikhin Qasr Ain el-Beida Qasr Ain es-Sol The Basalt Desert p. 69 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 p. 81 Umm el-Quttein Umm el-Jimal Qasr el-Bai'j The Via Nova Traiana The Northern Steppe p. 95 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 p. 110 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 p. 122 The Road System Wadi Kafrain Azaima Beelmaous (Ma'in) Machaerus (El-Mishnaqah) Libonna Al-Qastal Zizia (Jizeh) Umm Quseir Umm el-Walid Zafaran Khirbet ez-Zona Qasr Dubaiyah Madaba The Dhiban Plateau p. 135 Dibon (Dhiban) Mefaat (Umm er-Resas) Khan ez-Zebib Qasr Saliya and Er-Rama Qasr Thuraiya The Wadi Mujib p. 142 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 p. 152 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 p. 165 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 p. 175 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 p. 184 Ma'an, El-Hammam and El-Mutrab Zodocatha/Zadagatta (Es-Sadaqa) The Via Nova Traiana Khirbet el-Qirana Al-Batra Khatt Shebib The Hisma p. 192 The Via Nova Traiana Hauara (Humayma) Quweira Praesidium (Khirbet el-Khalde) Qasr el-Kithara Ramm The Wadi Araba p. 205 Roads and Routes Aila/Aela/Aelana (Aqaba) Rujm Taba Ariddela/Arieldela (Gharandal) Qa'a es-Sa'idiyeen Qasr Wadi et-Tayyiba Bir Madkhur Phaeno (Faynan) Toloha (Qasr et-Tlah) Praesidium (Qasr el-Feifeh) Zoara (Es-Safi) Beyond Jordan p. 217 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 : The Wadi Araba and Desert: Yotveta, Mezad Tamar, Upper Zohar and En-Boqeq, (Kurnub), Nessana (Nitzana) and Oboda (), Berosaba (Beer Sheva)

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