Romanization in Syria-Palestine in the Late Republic and Early Empire
ROMANIZATION IN SYRIA-PALESTINE IN THE LATE REPUBLIC AND EARLY EMPIRE. Robyn Tracey B.A. (Hons.) (Syd.), M.A. (Hons. (Macquarie VOLUME II NOTES, ADDENDUM, BIBLIOGRAPHY. Thesis submitted to the School of History, Philosophy and Politics, Macquarie University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.. October, 1935 Plate 1 ( liii/iili'im r ilf lii im ir mu! CL J r Notes on Plate: a) Type capital from the South Court of the Sanctuary of Baalshamin at Palmyra (Baalshannn II, PI.LXXXIII.6). b) Capital from al-Bhara (Musil, Palmyrena, p.142, fig.39, detail). c) Type B£ capital from the South Court of the Sanctuary of Baalshamin at Palmyra (Baalshannn II, PI.LXXXIII.2). Ivii. INTRODUCTION: NOTES 1. Glen W. Bowersock, Augustus and the Greek World, Oxford, 1964, p.66. In fairness it should be pointed out that Bowersock himself, in later works, "City Development in Syria under Vespasian", Vestigia 17, 1973 (Sixth International Congress for Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Munich 1972), pp.123-129, and "Syria under Vespasian", JRS LXIII, 1973, pp.133- 140, has taken a more liberal approach to the subject. Based on the substance, rather than the language of the relevant inscriptions, together with pertinent archaeological and textual evidence, these studies endeavour to determine the impact on the cities of Syria and Arabia in terms of expansion, of the policy implemented by Vespasian's legate, Traianus. Although Bowersock himself does not use the word 'Romanization', such a programme can hardly be other than one of Romanization in effect, even if this is not its primary aim.
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