>> The downsizing of Nabataeans’ trade and the end of their small monopoly are perhaps the simplest explanations for the end of the sanctuary; In other words:

>> The downsizing of Nabataeans’ trade and the end of their small monopoly are perhaps the simplest explanations for the end of the sanctuary; In other words: Rome stopped a local vassal community from choking trade via local taxation. Today we might call that free trade, the elimination of local tariffs in favor of a national system to promote unencumbered commerce.