ocr: The Nabataeans retained their independence until A.D. 106, when they were incorporated by the Roman emperor Trajan into the newly created province of Arabia, with its capital at Bostra in southern Syria. Yet the con- sequent loss of status does not seem to have affected the former Nabataean capital adversely, and Petra flourished for another century or so. This final period of Nabataean history, however, is as obscure as the earlier phases. A decline in prosperity set in, probably during the third century, concur- rently with the general decline in the well- being and stability of the Roman Em ...
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