The Near East under Roman rule : : selected papers / / by Benjamin Isaac.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 177
• Author: Isaac, Benjamin H.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : Brill,, 1998.
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English; Hebrew
• Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 177.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 481 pages) :; illustrations, map.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; A Seleucid Inscription From Jamnia-on-the-Sea: Antiochus V Eupator and the Sidonians /; A Donation for Herod’s Temple in Jerusalem /; Two Greek Inscriptions from Tell Abu-Shusha /; A Milestone of a.d. 69 from Judaea: The Elder Trajan and Vespasian /; Vespasian’s Titulature in a.d. 69 /; Milestones in Judaea: From Vespasian to Constantine /; A Flavian Inscription from Jerusalem /; Roman Colonies in Judaea: The Foundation of Aelia Capitolina /; Judaea after a.d. 70 /; Bandits in Judaea and Arabia /; The Babatha Archive /; Judaea in the Early Years of Hadrian’s Reign /; Legio II Traiana in Judaea /; Legio II Traiana in Judaea-A Reply /; Cassius Dio on the Revolt of Bar Kokhba /; The Revolt of Bar Kokhba: Ideology and Modern Scholarship /; Ethnic Groups in Judaea under Roman Rule /; Orientals and Jews in the Historia Augusta: Fourth-Century Prejudice and Stereotypes /; Eusebius and the Geography of Roman Provinces /; The Decapolis in Syria: A Neglected Inscription /; Tax Collection in Roman Arabia: New Evidence from the Babatha Archive /; Inscriptions from Southern Jordan /; The Meaning of Limes and Limitanei in Ancient Sources /; Hierarchy and Command-Structure in the Roman Army /; An Open Frontier /; Military Diplomas and Extraordinary Levies /; The Army in the Late Roman East: The Persian Wars and the Defence of the Byzantine Provinces /; Index /; Supplements to Mnemosyne /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004351531
• ISSN: 0169-8958
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Benjamin Isaac.

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.