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Petra

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Petra (Greek Πέτρα, "rock"): capital of the Nabataeans.

The "treasury" (in fact a tomb)

Capital of the Nabataeans, created by a wadi; the Nabataeans called it Raqmu
First reference in the account of the war of Demetrius I Poliorcetes against the Nabataeans; perhaps this refers to a different place
Situated in a beautiful landscape of reddish stone
179 BCE: First known king of the Nabataeans, Aretas I
63 BCE: Made a vassal of Rome by Pompey the Great, who abandoned his campaign to Petra to capture Jerusalem
First century BCE: Conquest of Hegra
As a town, it remained quite small: a colonnaded street with several temples, rock tombs, places for worship
Always a small town, mostly important because caravans visited this place and wealthy people put their money on display

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Byzantine church

King Aretas IV (r.9 BCE - 40 CE) was responsible for the temple that is now known as Qasr el-Bint Faroun ("the castle of the Pharaoh's daughter"), the colonnaded street, the famous "treasury", and the theater, which was cut into a hill that had until then been dominated by rock tombs
There were several settlements in the neighborhood, like "Little Petra" (a trade station) and Adrau, a fort
106 CE: Annexation of the Nabataean kingdom by Rome; Petra is eclipsed by Bosra, the capital of the new province Arabia
Adrau occupied by VI Ferrata
After a reorganization of the eastern provinces, Petra was the capital of Arabia II (later renamed Palaestina III Salutaris)
363 Earthquake
One Byzantine church
551 Earthquake; Petra is abandoned

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