Petra

One of the Seven Wonders of the World, Petra was once part of the Nabataean Kingdom. Its strategic position on the east- west caravan route enabled it to flourish. The city developed an amazing hydraulic system that controlled flood waters and stored waters for draughts. "In 64-63 BCE, the Nabataeans were conquered by the Roman general, Pompey. He retained an independent Nabataea, although the area was taxed by the Romans and served as a buffer territory against the desert tribes. Completely subsumed by the Romans under the Emperor Trajan in 106 CE, Petra and Nabataea then became part of the Roman province known as Arabia Petraea with its capital at Petra. In 131 CE Hadrian, the Roman emperor, visited the site and named it after himself, Hadriane Petra. The city continued to flourish during the Roman period, with a Triumphal Arch spanning the Siq, and tomb structures either carved out of the living rock or built free-standing. Under Roman rule, Roman Classical monuments abounded — many with Nabataean overtones." Source Brown Universty

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