Between Rome and Persia: The Middle Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Palmyra under Roman control

This detailed history of explores Rome’s interaction with its Persian neighbour and enemy from the first century BC to the third century AD. Peter Edwell takes the innovative approach in treating the area in regional terms, giving more nuanced interpretations than are available in broader treatments of the Roman Near East.

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Between Rome and Persia: The Middle Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Palmyra under Roman control

This detailed history of explores Rome’s interaction with its Persian neighbour and enemy from the first century BC to the third century AD. Peter Edwell takes the innovative approach in treating the area in regional terms, giving more nuanced interpretations than are available in broader treatments of the Roman Near East.

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Between Rome and Persia: The Middle Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Palmyra under Roman control

Between Rome and Persia: The Middle Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Palmyra under Roman control

by Peter Edwell
Between Rome and Persia: The Middle Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Palmyra under Roman control

Between Rome and Persia: The Middle Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Palmyra under Roman control

by Peter Edwell

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This detailed history of explores Rome’s interaction with its Persian neighbour and enemy from the first century BC to the third century AD. Peter Edwell takes the innovative approach in treating the area in regional terms, giving more nuanced interpretations than are available in broader treatments of the Roman Near East.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781134095728
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 12/01/2007
Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 320
File size: 12 MB
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About the Author

Peter Edwell

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Rome on the Euphrates and in Mesopotamia ca. 65 BC to AD 165 2. Rome and Palmyra ca. 65 BC to AD 165 3. The Province of Mesopotamia and the Division of Syria under the Severans 4. Roman Military Organisation of the Middle Euphrates, Palmyra and Mesopotamia ca. AD 200–257 5. Conflict Between Rome and Sasanian Persia Involving the Middle Euphrates and Mesopotamia 6. Palmyra and Rome: AD 260–72

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