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1 - Dura-Europos and The Roman Garrison

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2023

Edited and translated by
Giulio Iovine
Giulio Iovine
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi, Bologna, Italy
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Summary

A historical introduction, presenting all the most recent bibliography and research on the town and the Roman conquest, the cohors XX Palmyrenorum, the final demise of Dura, and an overview on the discovery and the location of the Dura papyri.

Keywords

Roman EastSeleucid KingdomParthian and Sasanian empiresMesopotamiaOsrhoenePalmyraauxiliary cohort
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Latin Military Papyri of Dura-Europos (P.Dura 55–145)
A New Edition of the Texts, with Introduction and Notes
 , pp. 1 - 21
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Dura-Europos and The Roman Garrison
  • Edited and translated by Giulio Iovine, Università degli Studi, Bologna, Italy
  • Book: Latin Military Papyri of Dura-Europos (<i>P.Dura</i> 55–145)
  • Online publication: 21 July 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009183123.002
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  • Dura-Europos and The Roman Garrison
  • Edited and translated by Giulio Iovine, Università degli Studi, Bologna, Italy
  • Book: Latin Military Papyri of Dura-Europos (<i>P.Dura</i> 55–145)
  • Online publication: 21 July 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009183123.002
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  • Dura-Europos and The Roman Garrison
  • Edited and translated by Giulio Iovine, Università degli Studi, Bologna, Italy
  • Book: Latin Military Papyri of Dura-Europos (<i>P.Dura</i> 55–145)
  • Online publication: 21 July 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009183123.002
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