Description |
xiv, 665 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [557]-647) and index. |
Contents |
Hellenistic legacy -- End of Seleucid Syria and the first Roman rule -- From Augustus to Trajan: creating a province -- Crises in Judaea from Herod to Bar Kokhba -- From Trajan to the Severi: conquests and reorganizations -- Civic life and urban development during the early empire -- Rural life in the early empire -- Urban economy in Roman Syria -- Hellenization and indigenous cultures -- Pagans, Jews, and Christians in Roman Syria in the second and third centuries -- Time of trials. |
Subject |
Middle East -- History -- To 622.
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ISBN |
0674016831 (alk. paper) |
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9780674016835 (alk. paper) |
Standard No. |
NLGGC 268311625 |
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