Mesopotamia and Arabia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fratantuono, Lee.

Series:

Roman Conquests

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military history.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2021.

Summary:

This volume explores the Roman invasions and military operations in two distinct yet related areas: Mesopotamia and Arabia. In these far-flung regions of the ancient known world, Rome achieved the greatest point of expansion in the history of her Empire. Under the reign of the Emperor Trajan, the Roman Empire reached the point of maximum expansion made famous by maps of the world circa AD 120.Under the Severans, significant efforts were expended on a Roman dream of linking the two regions into one mighty provincial bulwark against Eastern enemies. Individual chapters detail the history of the conquest of these easternmost territories of the Empire, analyzing the opposing armies involved (Roman, Parthian, Sassanian, Arab) and the reasons for success and failure. The story of how Rome won and lost her Far East offers a paradigm for the rise and fall of the greatest military empire of the ancient world.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Introduction to Roman Arabia

Chapter 2: Roman Naval and other Military Operations in the Red Sea under the Early Principate

Chapter 3: Trajan and Arabia Petraea

Chapter 4: Roman Arabia during the High Empire

Chapter 5: Roman Mesopotamia

Chapter 6: Roman Mesopotamia from Hadrian to Septimius Severus

Chapter 7: Septimius Severus

Chapter 8: Caracalla

Chapter 9: Elagabalus, Alexander Severus and the Rise of Persia

Chapter 10: Persia and the Crisis of the Third Century from Maximinus Thrax to Philip the Arab

Chapter 11: From Philip the Arab to Renewed War with Sapor

Chapter 12: Palmyra and Roman Resurgence in the East

Chapter 13: Zenobia and Aurelian

Chapter 14: From Probus to Diocletian

Chapter 15: Roman Mesopotamia and Arabia in the Fourth Century

Plate section.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781473883291

1473883296

9781473883284

1473883288

OCLC:

1321792730