Note 048 Huic Arabia est conserta, ex alio latere Nabathaeis contigua; opima varietate commerciorum castrisque oppleta validis et castellis, quae ad repellendos gentium vicinarum excursus, solicitudo pervigil veterum per opportunos saltus erexit et cautos. Ammian. Marcellin. xiv. 8; Reland, Palestin. tom. i. p. 85, 86.]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 51