Editing Sinai Peninsula (section)

===Roman and Byzantine Periods===
[[File:Katharinenkloster Sinai BW 2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|[[Saint Catherine's Monastery]] is the oldest working Christian monastery in the world and the most popular tourist attraction on the peninsula.]]
[[Rhinocorura]] ([[Ancient Greek language|Greek]] for "[[Rhinotomy|Cut-off Noses]]") and the eponymous region around it were used by [[Ptolemaid Egypt]] as a place of banishment for criminals, today known as [[Arish]].

After the death of the last [[Nabatean Kingdom|Nabatean]] king, [[Rabbel II Soter]], in 106,<ref name=SchürerMillar2015>{{cite book |last1=Schürer |first1=Emil |last2=Millar |first2=Fergus |last3=Vermes |first3=Geza |title=The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lbyFBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA583 |date=26 March 2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-567-50161-5 |page=583 |access-date=24 January 2017 |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031043156/https://books.google.com/books?id=lbyFBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA583 |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[Roman emperor]] [[Trajan]] faced practically no resistance and conquered the kingdom on 22 March 106. With this conquest, the [[Roman Empire]] went on to control all shores of the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. The Sinai Peninsula became part of the Roman province of [[Arabia Petraea]].<ref name=Taylor>Taylor, Jane (2001). ''Petra And the Lost Kingdom of the Nabataeans''. I. B. Tauris, {{ISBN|978-1-86064-508-2}}, p. 73-74 ({{Google books|FcAoBq4_EnEC|online copy|page=73}})</ref>

[[Saint Catherine's Monastery]] on the foot of [[Mount Sinai]] was constructed by order of the Emperor [[Justinian]] between 527 and 565. Most of the Sinai Peninsula became part of the province of [[Palaestina Salutaris]] in the 6th century.