Rome, Parthia, and the Politics of Peace: The Origins of War in the Ancient Middle East

ISBN-13: 9780815353706 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 222 str.

Jason M. Schlude

Opis

This volume offers an informed survey of the problematic relationship between the ancient empires of Rome and Parthia from c.96/95 BCE to 224 CE. Schlude explores the rhythms of this relationship and invites its readers to reconsider the past and our relationship with it.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Rome and Parthia Meet: From Sulla to Lucullus; 2. Empires with a Boundary: Pompey and Phraates III; 3. An Opportunist Strikes: Crassus and the Battle of Carrhae; 4. Parthian–Roman Fallout: Orodes II and Mark Antony in the Near East; 5. A Diplomatic Restart: Augustus, Phraates IV, and Phraates V; 6. Instability at Home and Abroad: Diplomacy and War under the Julio-Claudians; 7. Legions on the Euphrates: The Parthian Policy of the Flavians; 8. The Model of Trajan: The Final Stage for Rome and Parthia; Conclusion

O autorze

Jason M. Schlude is Associate Professor of Classics and Chair of the Department of Languages and Cultures at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA. A former Getty Scholar at the Getty Research Institute and Villa, he is a specialist on the Roman Near East; has published on Roman–Parthian relations in journals including Latomus, Athenaeum, and Anabasis; and is co-editor of Arsacids, Romans, and Local Elites: Cross-Cultural Interactions of the Parthian Empire (2017).