A Historical And Critical Commentary On the Old Testament, With a New Translation
A Historical And Critical Commentary On the Old Testament, With a New Translation
Marcus Moritz Kalisch
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Antiq., XTV. iiu 3; tL 4); an expedition, in the time of Augustus, under iElius Gallns, governor of Egypt, was without decided effect ; but they were subdued, in the reign of the emperor Trajan (105 after Christ), by Cornelius Palma, the governor of Syria. But Petra remained one of the chief centres of Arabian trade. Trajan's suc- cessor, Hadrian, seems to have bestowed material benefits upon the town, which in grateful acknowledgement, was called by his name (*Adpidyti), on coins, some of whic...h have been preserved {Eckhel, Doctr. Num. il 503). More caravans than ever before traversed the vast desert. Under the protection of Roman garrisons unwonted security was afforded to com- mercial enterprise; the roads became more accessible and invited foreign traders; regular routes of caravans were formed; from Elath, or Leuke Kome, the harbour at the Elanitic Gulf, one road ran to Petra; another from this metropo- lis to Jerusalem, Gaza, and along the coast of the Mediterranean; and a third from the same point more directly north- ward to Damascus.
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