| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 303 pages) : maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-287) and index. |
| Contents |
First contact -- The high price of failure : Crassus and the Parthians -- The Parthian response -- The campaigns of Antony -- The diplomatic solution : Augustus and Tiberius -- The campaigns of Corbulo and the Neronian settlement -- Trajan's Parthian adventure : with some modern caveats -- From Hadrian to Caracalla -- What did the Romans know, and when did they know it? -- The cost of war and empire -- Conclusion : blind into Babylon. |
| Summary |
The leader of an empire invades Iraq. He has inadequate intelligence and underestimates the resistance of the locals, but he believes his overwhelming military strength will bring him a swift victory. His army overruns the area between the Tigris and the Euphrates, but as soon as he occupies the area a massive insurgency arises, made up of various ethnic and religious groups. What began as a simple conquest for dominance bogs down in deadly fighting as the once-victorious commander-in-chief now desperately searches for an exit strategy ... This scenario could be any number of Roman campaigns, |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rome -- Foreign relations -- Iran -- Parthia.
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Rome (Empire) |
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International relations. |
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Iran. |
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Iran -- Parthia. |
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Parthia -- Foreign relations -- Rome.
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Rome -- History, Military.
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History, Military. |
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Parthia -- History, Military.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Military history.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sheldon, Rose Mary, 1948- Rome's wars in Parthia 9780853039815 (DLC) 2010277580 (OCoLC)430505408 |
| ISBN |
9780853039587 (electronic book) |
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0853039585 (electronic book) |
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9780853039815 |
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085303981X |
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9780853039310 |
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0853039313 |
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