https://picturingjordan.com/tags/roman/ Recent content in Roman on Picturing Jordan Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a <a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/'>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license</a>. Wed, 05 Apr 2017 08:50:44 +0300 https://picturingjordan.com/2017/04/greco-roman-ruins-jerash/ Wed, 05 Apr 2017 08:50:44 +0300 https://picturingjordan.com/2017/04/greco-roman-ruins-jerash/ <figure > <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2017/04/DSC_0143.jpg" alt="Row of columns at the Oval Forum in Jerash" /> <figcaption> <h4>Row of columns at the Oval Forum in Jerash</h4> </figcaption> </figure> <p>Jordan&rsquo;s location in the geographical &ldquo;near east&rdquo; has exposed the country to dozens of civilizations over the course of history. Over the last three thousand years alone this region has experienced the coming and going of the Persian, Greek, Roman, Nabataean, Byzantine, and Ottoman — to name a few — empires, the legacies of which are often still visible today.</p> <p></p>