Limes Arabicus adalah wilayah perbatasan gurun di Kekaisaran Romawi. Perbatasan ini terbentang dari Teluk Aqaba ke arah timur laut hingga mencapai Suriah utara. Di wilayah ini terdapat sejumlah benteng dan menara pengawas.
Tujuan pembentukan limes ini adalah untuk melindungi provinsi Arabia di Romawi dari serangan suku-suku Arab di gurun.[1]
Kaisar Trajanus membangun jalan di sebelah Limes Arabicus, yaitu Via Nova Traiana, yang terbentang dari Bosra hingga Aila di tepi Laut Merah. Jalan ini mungkin dimaksudkan untuk memudahkan perpindahan pasukan dan memfasilitasi perdagangan dari Arab. Jalan ini diselesaikan pembangunannya pada masa Kaisar Hadrianus.[2]
Catatan kaki
- ^ Parker, S. Thomas (1982-07-01). "Preliminary Report on the 1980 Season of the Central "Limes Arabicus" Project". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (247): 1–26. ISSN 0003-097X. JSTOR 1356476.
- ^ Young, Gary K. Rome's Eastern Trade: International commerce and imperial policy, 31 BC – AD 305 hlm. 119
Daftar pustaka
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- Parker, S. The Roman Frontier in Central Jordan Interim Report on the Limes Arabicus Project, 1980–1985. BAR International Series, 340. British Archaeological Reports. Oxford, 1987
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