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THE PROVINCES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

FROM CAESAR TO DIOCLETIAN

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MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED

LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA · MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD.

TORONTO




THE PROVINCES

OF THE

ROMAN EMPIRE

FROM CAESAR TO DIOCLETIAN

BY

THEODOR MOMMSEN

TRANSLATED

WITH THE AUTHOR’S SANCTION AND ADDITIONS

BY

WILLIAM P. DICKSON, D.D., LL.D.

PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW

VOL. II

_WITH TWO MAPS BY PROFESSOR KIEPERT_

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED

ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON

1909


_First Edition 1886_

_Reprinted with corrections 1909_




CONTENTS


BOOK EIGHTH

_THE PROVINCES AND PEOPLE, FROM CAESAR TO DIOCLETIAN_

                                                            PAGE
CHAPTER IX.

  THE EUPHRATES FRONTIER AND THE PARTHIANS                    1

CHAPTER X.

  SYRIA AND THE LAND OF THE NABATAEANS                      116

CHAPTER XI.

  JUDAEA