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From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Small tearings and a stain on the body. Otherwise perfect. - Kleine Risse und Fleck auf dem Buchband. Sonst sehr gut. - Contents: 1 Introduction -- Background 1 -- Constraints and considerations 2 -- Objectives 6 -- 2 Historical background -- To the Euphrates 8 -- Beyond the Euphrates 15 -- The long retreat 21 -- 3 The Princely States: Near Eastern kingdoms under Roman protection -- Rome and the Arabs 31 -- Emesa and the Sun Kings 33 -- Judaea, Herod the Great and the Jewish Revolt 47 -- Arabia and the Nabataeans 60 -- Palmyra and Queen Zenobia 74 -- Edessa and the coming of Christendom 87 -- The Tanukh and Queen Mawiyya 96 -- The Ghassan and the coming of Islam 101 -- 4 Rome east of the frontiers -- Military campaigns 106 -- Roman prisoners of war 114 -- Roman trade 123 -- �Romano-Buddhist� art 139 -- The towns and cities -- Antioch, the imperial city 150 -- The Macedonian heartland of the north 156 -- The Euphrates and Mesopotamia 165 -- The Phoenician Coast 170 -- The Decapolis 181 -- �Roman� Arabia: Basra and Shahba 198 -- Conclusion 205 -- The countryside -- The Dead Cities 207 -- Other areas 233 -- The Hauran 238 -- Conclusions 243 -- Imperial veneer: architecture and the resurgence of the East -- The urban layout 248 -- Buildings for pleasure 303 -- Military architecture 306 -- Pagan architecture 317 -- Early Christian architecture 356 -- Funerary architecture 361 -- Fabric and styles 376 -- Conclusion 394 -- The transformation of an empire -- The Arabs and the West 397 -- India and the West 399 -- Julia Domna and the Arabs who ruled Rome 404 -- Philip the Arab 417 -- Lepcis Magna: Roman city in Africa and the orientalisation of Europe 419 -- From Paganism to Christianity 431 -- East and West 446. ISBN 9780415113762