| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 347 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sassanids.
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Sassanids. |
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Rome -- Foreign relations -- Iran.
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Rome (Empire) |
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International relations. |
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Iran. |
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Iran -- Foreign relations -- Rome.
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Rome -- Foreign relations -- 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
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Iran -- Foreign relations -- To 640.
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| Chronological Term |
To 640 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Winter, Engelbert, 1959-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dignas, Beate, 1968- Rome and Persia in late antiquity. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521849258 052184925X (OCoLC)123374647 |
| ISBN |
9780511342486 (electronic book) |
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0511342489 (electronic book) |
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0511341423 |
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9780511341427 |
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9780511619182 (electronic book) |
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0511619189 (electronic book) |
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1281085065 |
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9781281085061 |
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9780521849258 (cased) |
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052184925X (cased) |
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9780521614078 (paperback) |
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0521614074 (paperback) |
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