Rome and Persia at War: Imperial Competition and Contact, 193-363 CE

ISBN-13: 9781472418173 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 282 str.

Peter Edwell

Opis

This book focuses on conflict, diplomacy, religion and trade between the Rome and Sasanian Persia in the third and fourth centuries AD.

Spis treści

1. Introduction;  2. Rome and Parthia: conflict and diplomacy from Sulla to Caracalla;  3. Conflict and diplomacy between Rome and Persia from Ardashir to Philip I;  4. Persian triumph, Roman defeat;  5. The last years of the reign of Shapur I to the Persian invasion of Carus;  6. The relationship between Rome and Persia during the reigns of Diocletian, Bahram II and Narseh;  7. Rome and Persia during the reigns of Constantine and Shapur II;  8. Conflict and diplomacy between Rome and Persia under Constantius II and Shapur II;  9. The Persian invasion of the emperor Julian and its aftermath;  10. Conclusion

O autorze

Peter Edwell is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He researches and teaches on the relationship between the Roman and Sasanian Persian Empires and in the area of Late Antiquity more broadly. He is currently part of the project Crises of Leadership in the Eastern Roman Empire funded by the Australian Research Council. Dr Edwell is the author of Between Rome and Persia, published by Routledge and has written numerous book chapters and articles focussing on the relationship between Rome and its powerful eastern imperial neighbour.