Nabatean Civilization Survives (AH Challenge)

Hashemite

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Wandering around the Al-Khanzeh in Petra, I wondered if the Nabateans could have survived. Here are a few facts

  • Trajan annexed Nabatea in 106AD, after the death of King Rabel II
  • Rabel II had no clear successors.
  • Nabateans had a weak mercenary army
 

Nicole

Rabel II has a clear successor, and the Nabateans end up in a situation with the Romans as the Byzantines were with the Ghassanids?
 

Keenir

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chunkeymonkey13q said:
Perhaps they become a client kingdom of the Romans?
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well, if its after Trajan, then the main obstacle is removed: the Nabataean kingdom was an economic rival with Judea (one backed Octavian, the other'd backed Mark Antony)
 

sunsurf

The Romans never dominate the Etruscans, and the Etruscan kingdom doesn't expand much beyond Italy and Switzerland.

Or the Athenian Empire expands west and not east, and lets the Nabateans alone.

I just found this thread on A Stronger Nabataean Empire
 
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