MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON
1909

First Edition 1886
Reprinted with corrections 1909

CONTENTS

BOOK EIGHTH
THE PROVINCES AND PEOPLE, FROM CAESAR TO DIOCLETIAN

PAGE
CHAPTER IX.
The Euphrates Frontier and the Parthians[1]
CHAPTER X.
Syria and the Land of the Nabataeans[116]
CHAPTER XI.
Judaea and the Jews[160]
CHAPTER XII.
Egypt[232]
CHAPTER XIII.
The African Provinces[303]
Appendix[347]
Maps[I.] to II.
Index[355]

CHAPTER IX.
THE EUPHRATES FRONTIER AND THE PARTHIANS.