Arabia Petraea: Roman province map

A Roman province that fell in the Eastern half after the split of AD 395.

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AD 117about 4,880,924 km²The empire at its greatest extent, after Trajan's eastern conquests; Trajan dies and Hadrian succeeds. Ruler: Trajan, then Hadrian.

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Eastern empire From AD 395, the part later called Byzantine
Western empire AD 395 and, as reconquests, AD 565

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Province border Where provinces are shown, AD 200 outlines
Roman city Pleiades places attested in the period
Main Roman road Itiner-e, about AD 150 (not tied to the date)
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Borders are approximate and debated. Frontier zones were not hard lines, and client kingdoms are not counted unless the source map includes them. Outlines for 133 BC, 44 BC, AD 14 and the later dates are rebuilt from the province outlines of AD 200, so early frontiers look more settled than they were. 264 BC and the Byzantine dates follow modern regional boundaries and are coarser still. 753 BC is a symbolic dot on Rome.

Arabia Petraea at a glance

Bostracapital
AD 106first Roman
112,881 km²area on the AD 200 map

Arabia Petraea was Roman from AD 106, with its capital at Bostra. On the AD 200 map it covers about 112,881 km², spread across Egypt (41%), Jordan (26%) and Saudi Arabia (16%) today. It is inside the empire on the map at AD 117, AD 211, AD 395, AD 476 and AD 565.

Dates: Wikipedia: Arabia Petraea (annexed 106). The outline is the Ancient World Mapping Center province map of AD 200, so earlier and later shapes of the province may have differed.

Which modern countries does Arabia Petraea cover?

Country	Share of the province	Area (km²)
Roman Egypt	41%	46,289
Roman Jordan	26%	29,732
Roman Saudi Arabia	16%	17,569
Roman Israel	9.2%	10,357
Roman Syria	7.5%	8,435
Roman Palestine	0.1%	134

Arabia Petraea on the key dates

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