ocr: light of history. Int that year, according to the first century B.C. Greek historian Diodorus Siculus, they were attacked in their stronghold- presumably in Petra itself- -by the forces of Antigonus the One-Eyed, ruler of Phrygia and one of the most ambitious of Alex- ander's generals and successors. Although the attack failed, the Phrygian army was able to make off with a large quantity of booty, including 700 camels, and it is this fact that helps to explain why Antigonus was interested in a distant desert tribe. Diodorus Siculus tells US that the Nabataeans had control over a large part of ...
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