Includes bibliographical references (p. [557]-647) and index.
Contents:
Hellenistic legacy -- End of Seleucid Syria and the first Roman rule -- From Augustus to Trajan: creating a province -- Crises in Judaea from Herod to Bar Kokhba -- From Trajan to the Severi: conquests and reorganizations -- Civic life and urban development during the early empire -- Rural life in the early empire -- The urban economy in Roman Syria -- Hellenization and indigenous cultures -- Pagans, Jews, and Christians in Roman Syria in the second and third centuries -- A time of trials.
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