The Near East Under Roman Rule: Selected Papers (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)

The studies in this collection deal with a variety of subjects. Their focus is the Roman Empire in the East, the Roman army, Judaea in the Roman period, and Jewish history. Inscriptions are published in them and literary sources discussed. First, Judaea in the period before the arrival of the Romans as well as under Roman rule forms the centre of attention. Here, articles on specific documents are presented and historical problems discussed ranging from the Seleucid period to the Later Roman Empire. The second part of the book contains studies of the wider area and the third part is concerned with the Roman army, its organisation and aims in the Frontier areas. Many of these papers are hard to find and it is particularly valuable to have all of them together and logically arranged in one volume. Moreover extensive discussions of recent publications and newly published material have been added here. THE NEAR EAST UNDER ROMAN RULE: SELECTED PAPERS 3 CONTENTS 5 List of illustrations 9 Places of Original Publication 11 Introduction 15 Map: Roman Roads in Judaea and Arabia 19 Hellenistic and Herodian Palestine 21 l. A Seleucid Inscription from Jamnia-on-the-Sea: Antioch us V Eupator and the Sidonians 23 THE NEAR EAST UNDER ROMAN RULE 3 Postscript 39 2. A Donation for Herod's Temple in Jerusalem 41 Judaea under Roman Rule 49 3. Two Greek Inscriptions from Tell Abu-Shusha 51 Postscript 54 4. B. Isaac and I. Roll, A Milestone of A.D. 69 from Judaea: The Elder Trajan and Vespasian 56 Postscript 65 5. Vespasian's Titulature in A.D. 69 66 6. Milestones in Judaea: From Vespasian to Constantine 68 Postscript 89 7. M. Gichon, and B. Isaac, A Flavian Inscription from Jerusalem 96 Postscript 106 8. Roman Colonies in Judaea: The Foundation of Aelia Capitolina 107 Postscript 129 9. Judaea after A.D. 70 132 Postscript 140 10. Bandits in Judaea and Arabia 142 Postscript 172 11. The Babatha Archive 179 Postscript 196 12. B. Isaac and I. Roll, Judaea in the Early Years of Hadrian's Reign 202 Postscript 216 13. B. Isaac and I. Roll, Legio II Traiana in Judaea 218 Postscript 226 14. B. Isaac and I. Roll, Legio II Traiana in Judaea-A Reply 228 Postscript 230 15. Cassius Dio on the Revolt of Bar Kokhba 231 Postscript 239 16. B. Isaac and A. Oppenheimer, The Revolt of Bar Kokhba: Scholarship and Ideology 240 Postscript 273 17. Ethnic Groups in Judaea under Roman Rule 277 Postscript 286 18. Orientals and Jews in the Historia Augusta: Fourth-Century Prejudice and Stereotypes 288 Postscript 303 19. Eusebius and the Geography of Roman Provinces 304 Postscript 327 Arabia and Syria 331 20. The Decapolis in Syria: A Neglected Inscription 333 Postscript 341 21. Tax Collection in Roman Arabia: New Evidence from the Babatha Archive 342 Postscript 353 22. Review article: 'Inscriptions from Southern Jordan: M. Sartre, Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie, Tome xxi, Inscriptions de la Jordanie, Tome iv: Petra et la Nabatene meridionale, du wadi al-Hasa au golfe de