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RARE collection of twenty-seven studies on the Roman Empire in the East, the Roman army, Judaea in the Roman period, and Jewish history divided into several sections: Hellenistic and Herodian Palestine, Judaea under Roman Rule, Arabia and Syria, The Roman Army (General), and The Late Roman Army, with published inscriptions and extensive discussions of recent publications and newly published material. Benjamin Isaac is Fred and Helen Lessing Professor of Ancient History at Tel Aviv University, an eminent authority on Greek and Roman history and the archaeology of the Near East, author of the acclaimed "The Limits of Empire: the Roman Army in the East" (Oxford, 1992, 2nd edition). Contains an index. 245x160mm. XX+481 pages. Light-blue cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Gilt front cover and spine. Jacket rubbed. Jacket edges/corners wrinkled. Spine edges slightly bumped and yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book, of interest to any serious student of ancient Greece and Rome, as well military history of the ancient world, is otherwise in very good condition.