ocr: and had a Syrian wife, is known to have been particularly interested in the eastern provinces and to have lavished favors and money on their cities. The investigation of these buildingsi is important, then, for the historical infor- mation it has yielded on the condition of Petra in the Roman period; of even greater importance is the evidence it has provided of the continuing amalgamation of Eastern and Western elements in Nabataean art and architecture at this late date. The plan of the gate, for example, is distinctively Roman; that of the temple, on the other hand, with its broad, shallow f ...
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