Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Maps; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: West and East, friend and foe, counterpart and mirror image ... ; PART I Narrative; Chapter 1 Rome and Iran to the beginning of the third century AD; Chapter 2 Rome and the Sasanian Empire: A chronological survey; PART II Sources and contexts; Chapter 1 Political goals; Chapter 2 Warfare; Chapter 3 Military confrontations; Chapter 4 Diplomatic solutions; Chapter 5 Arabia between the great powers; Chapter 7 Religion: Christianity and Zoroastrianism; Chapter 8 Emperor and 'King of kings'
Summary
Narrative history, with sourcebook, of the turbulent relations between Rome and the Sasanian Empire