Arabia Petraea

Roman province (106–630s)

6 dated entries naming Arabia Petraea, drawn from 6 separate years between 106 CE and 503 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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2nd century

  • 106Trajan annexes the Nabataean Kingdom (with its capital Petra) as the Roman province of Arabia Petraea. The epoch of the calendar of the province of Arabia begins on March 22.source
  • 200Emperor Septimius Severus visits the provinces of Syria, Palestine, and Arabia.source

3rd century

  • 246The first of two Councils of Arabia in the Roman Christian Church is held in Bostra, Arabia Petraea.source
  • 247The last of the two Councils of Arabia in the Roman Christian Church is held in Bostra, Arabia Petraea.source

4th century

  • 378The Goths, supported by the Huns, move on to Constantinople. Their progress is checked by the Saracens, recruited from Arab tribes who control the eastern fringes of the empire.source

6th century

  • 503Mundhir III, king of the Lakhmids (Arab Christians), raids Palaestina Salutaris and Arabia Petraea. He captures a large number of Romans.source

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