Bostra

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Roman provincial capital ancient city archaeological site

Bostra is the ancient Roman-era name for the city of Bosra, a historically significant urban center in southern Syria known for its well-preserved ruins and role as a provincial capital.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman provincial capital ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
connectedBy Roman roads NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod Byzantine period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
functionedAs administrative center of Arabia Petraea ⓘ
commercial hub between Arabia and the Mediterranean ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemainsFrom Byzantine period ⓘ
Nabataean period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
early Islamic period ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasModernName Bosra NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableStructure Mamluk citadel around the theatre ⓘ
Nabataean remains ⓘ
Roman baths ⓘ
Roman theatre of Bosra NERFINISHED ⓘ
cardo maximus ⓘ
cathedral ⓘ
cisterns ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
decumanus ⓘ
early Christian churches ⓘ
gates ⓘ
mosques ⓘ
heritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
inscribedOn UNESCO World Heritage List NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor blend of Nabataean, Roman, Byzantine and early Islamic architecture ⓘ
extensive Roman and Byzantine ruins ⓘ
well-preserved Roman theatre ⓘ
locatedIn Daraa Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Hauran NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Hauran plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Nabataean Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
religiousSignificance early Christian center ⓘ
important in early Church councils ⓘ
seat of a metropolitan archbishopric ⓘ
servedAs capital of the Roman province of Arabia Petraea ⓘ
metropolis of the province of Arabia ⓘ
military base on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1980 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bosra (as later center under Rome) → ancientName → Bostra ⓘ
subject surface form: Bosra
Roman province of Arabia Petraea → capital → Bostra ⓘ
subject surface form: Arabia Petraea
Roman province of Arabia Petraea → hasLaterCapital → Bostra ⓘ
subject surface form: Arabia Petraea
Roman province of Arabia Petraea → includesCity → Bostra ⓘ
subject surface form: Arabia Petraea
Roman province of Arabia Petraea → administrativeCentre → Bostra ⓘ
subject surface form: Arabia Petraea