Bosra
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Bosra (see below for alternative spellings) is a city in southern modern-day Syria.
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History
Mentioned in lists of Tutmose III and Akhenatcn in the fourteenth century BC. The first Nabatean city in the 2nd century BC. The Nabatean Kingdom was destroyed by Cornelius Palma, a general of Trajan, in 106 AD, and Bosra conquered. Under the Romans, it was renamed Nova Trajana Bostra, residence of the third Legio Cyrenaica and capital of the Roman province Arabia Petraea. The city flourished and became a major metropolis at the juncture of several trade routes, including the Roman road to the Red Sea. The city contains what is thought to be the best-preserved Roman ampitheatre in the world. Every year there is national music. festival hosted in the ampitheatre
In Islamic times, it is noted as the birthplace of Ibn Kathir.
Bostra today
Today, Bostra is an incredible archaeological site, containing ruins from Roman, Byzantine, and Muslim times.
Alternative spellings
Bosra is also sometimes spelled as
- Bostra
- Busrana
- Bozrah
- Bozra
- Busra Eski Sham
- Busra ash-Sham
- Nova Trojana Bostra
External links
- Catholic Encyclopedia on Bostra (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02707a.htm)
- Images of Bosra (http://www.homsonline.com/Citeis/BosraPhotoGallery.htm)
- [syriangate site (http://www.syriangate.com/syria/daraa.htm)]de:Bostra