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The Submerged Nabataean Temple in Puteoli at Pozzuoli, Italy
The submerged Nabataean temple in Puteoli at Pozzuoli, Italy: first campaign of underwater research - Volume 98 Issue 400
The integration of these individuals within the local community is evident in the building techniques and materials used in the construction of the temple, and for the choice of Latin for the inscriptions to their supreme god, the lord of the mountains and the germinating force of nature, Dushara. In this golden age, from the time of Augustus to that of Trajan (AD 98–117), the Nabataeans accumulated an enormous wealth, fully entering the Mediterranean trade with the control of the traffic of Eastern luxury goods, from the Indian Ocean, along the caravan routes of the desert, up to the port of Gaza and towards Rome, probably through Alexandria, certainly through Puteoli. At the time of Trajan, this situation suddenly changed and the creation of the province of Arabia Petraea had severe consequences: while Rome imposed its authority and its laws, also the trade routes were absorbed into a general network controlled by the State, with very little space for the initiatives of a people no longer independent.
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