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Arabia Petraia

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: D.F. Graf

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Feb 15, 2013 09:22 AM — History

A province on the frontier of the Roman empire from the second century AD, Arabia Petraia comprised parts of the former kingdom of Nabataea, as well as southern Syria, the Sinai, and the northwestern part of the Arabian peninsula. Its capital was Petra.

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Base map by Ryan M. Horne for Pleiades and the Ancient World Mapping Center (ancient terrain after the Barrington Atlas). Map interaction design and implementation by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, and Tom Elliott for Pleiades.

Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/746711

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
30.328611, 35.441944

Locations:

Undetermined location (30 BC - AD 300)

Names:

Arabia Petraia (30 BC - AD 300)

Arabia Petraia makes connections with:

None

Arabia Petraia receives connections from:

Petra part of (regional) Arabia Petraia (30 BC - AD 300)

Place type:
province, diocese, nome

References:

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 76 F2 Arabia Petraia

Details:

None

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Suggested citation:
D.F. Graf, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Arabia Petraia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2013 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/746711> [accessed: 05 June 2020]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/746711 |title=Places: 746711 (Arabia Petraia) |author=Graf, D. |accessdate=June 5, 2020 3:57 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Arabia Petraia