ISBN10: 0415103177, ISBN13: 9780415103176, [publisher: Routledge] Softcover Routledge Historical Books (Routledge) Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars, A.D. 226-363, The (VG+/EX)Manufacturer: RoutledgeProduct Line: Historical Books (Routledge)Type: SoftcoverCopyright Date: 1995Author: Samuel Lieu, Michael DodgeonPage Count: 460Please review the condition and any condition notes for the exact condition of this item. All pictures are stock photos. The condition of the item you will receive is VG+/EX. Our grading system is explained in the terms of sale section of our bookseller page. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Product Description:The crisis of the third century saw Rome not only embroiled in contests of succeeding short-lived Emperors, but assailed by an increasing variety of hostile peoples from outside its frontiers. Owing to the complex racial interplay of this period, the sources for its history have to be compiled from a wide variety of sources. The least adequate are those in Latin, the imperial lives of the Historia Augusta . These have to be supplemented by the Greek chronicles of Zosimus and John Malalas of Antioch, as well as the Armenian history of Moses of Chorene, the Arabic History of the Arabs of Al-Tabari , as well as inscriptions in Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Syrian and other languages. This volume collects these diverse sources for the first time in English translation, and will be a uniquely valuable resource for scholars ...

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ISBN10: 0415103177, ISBN13: 9780415103176, [publisher: London ; New York : Routledge] Softcover XXVII, 429 p., maps. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly rubbed, corner on the back of the binding slightly scuffed, slight staining on edge and back endpaper, otherwise very good and clean. / Leicht berieben, Ecke am hinteren Einband leicht bestoßen, leichte Anschmutzung auf Schnitt und hinterem Vorsatz, sonst sehr gut und sauber. - Contents: Part I: (c. ad 226-352) - The Rise of the Sassanians - The Persian expedition of Gordian III (the ‘first campaign' of Shapur I against the Roman Empire) - The Second and Third Campaigns of Shapur I against the Roman Empire - The Rise and Fall of Palmyra - From Probus to Diocletian - Rome and Shapur II: Shapur and Constantine (c. 302-337) - Rome and Shapur II: The early wars of Constantius II (337-350) -- Part II: (ad 353-363) - Rome and Shapur II: The later wars of Constantius II (353-360) - Rome and Shapur II: The Persian Expedition of Julian March-June, 363). - Samuel N.C. Lieu is Reader in Ancient History at Warwick University, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Michael H. Dodgeon teaches Classics at Solihull School. ISBN 9780415103176 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 594
[Berlin, Germany] [Publication Year: 1995]