Between Rome and Persia : the middle Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Palmyra under Roman control / Peter Edwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwell, Peter M.

Series:

Routledge monographs in classical studies.

Routledge monographs in classical studies Between Rome and Persia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.

Rome.

Middle East--History--To 622.

Middle East.

Rome--Relations--Iran.

Iran--Relations--Rome.

Iran.

Euphrates River.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This detailed history of explores Rome's interaction with its Persian neighbour and enemy from the first century BC to the third century AD. Peter Edwell takes the innovative approach in treating the area in regional terms, giving more nuanced interpretations than are available in broader treatments of the Roman Near East.

Contents:

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ANCIENT SOURCES; INTRODUCTION; 1 ROME ON THE EUPHRATES AND IN MESOPOTAMIA, c.65 BC-c. AD 200; 2 PALMYRA AND ROME FROM THE MID-FIRST CENTURY BC TO THE THIRD CENTURY AD; 3 ROMAN MILITARY ORGANIZATION OF THE MIDDLE EUPHRATES IN THE THIRD CENTURY AD; 4 DURA EUROPOS ON THE MIDDLE EUPHRATES IN THE PARTHIAN AND ROMAN PERIODS; 5 CONFLICT BETWEEN ROME AND SASANIAN PERSIA INVOLVING THE MIDDLE EUPHRATES, MESOPOTAMIA AND PALMYRA, AD 224-258; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-282) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-09572-4

1-134-09573-2

1-281-10157-5

9786611101572

0-203-93833-X

9780203938331

OCLC:

476123035