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Khirbet Jaddalah and its land. A study of the military landscape in the eastern part of the Kingdom of Hatra (2nd – 3rd cent. AD)

Author: E. Foietta

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This paper concerns a general revaluation of the ‘fortified palace’ of Khirbet Jaddalah (Iraq), constructed between Hatra and Ashur during the 2nd and 3rd cent. AD. The site has been studied in strict relation with its close landscape (20 x 20 km) for the presence of many archaeological occurrences, especially square forts. The settlement pattern, the location of the fortified structures, the characteristics of the society and of the environment of the Kingdom of Hatra support the employment of a defence in-depht strategy against the idea of a borders’ linear defence.

New Considerations and Data regarding the North Border of the Kingdom of Hatra (North Mesopotamia) during the 2nd and 3rd cent. AD

Author: E. Foietta

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This paper regards the study of the north border of the Kingdom of Hatra, which corresponds to one of the hottest war scenario between the Roman and Parthian empires during the 2nd and the first decades of the 3rd cent. AD, before the new alliance against the Sasanians.