THE ANNEXATION OF THE NABATAEAN KINGDOM IN 106 A.D: NEW EPIGRAPHIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSIDERATION
Keywords:
the Nabataeans, the Roman, Trajan, annexation of Nabataea.Abstract
In 106 A.D., the Roman empreior Trajan annexed the Nabataean kingdom and formed the new province i.e. Roman Arabia. One of the vexed question regarding the annexation of Nabataea is that was it bloodless or there was Nabataean resistance? Such question of broad significance will be discussed below. In contrast to the general consensus among scholars that the annexation was peaceful, this article will argue that there was Nabataean armed resistance of the Roman annexation of their kingdom. Such an argument will be basid only on archaeological and epigraphic evidence.
