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Author Dignas, Beate, 1968-

Title Rome and Persia in late antiquity : neighbours and rivals / Beate Dignas and Engelbert Winter
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 347 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
SUBJECT Sassaniden gnd
Sassaniden. swd
Subject Sassanids.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Diplomatic relations
Sassanids
Buitenlandse betrekkingen.
Gewapende conflicten.
Sassaniden.
SUBJECT Rome -- Foreign relations -- Iran
Iran -- Foreign relations -- Rome
Rome -- Foreign relations -- 30 B.C.-476 A.D. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87002017
Iran -- Foreign relations -- To 640. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87002019
Subject Iran
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Perzische rijk.
Romeinse rijk.
Form Electronic book
Author Winter, Engelbert, 1959-
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