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Rome’s War in Parthia: Blood in the Sand

By Rose Mary Sheldon

Book information

Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell
Year
2010
ISBN
9780853039310
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
68 MB (71253165 bytes)
Pages
322\322
Topic
History
Time added
2019-06-08 18:39:12

Description

Contents......Page 4 Preface......Page 5 Acknowledgments......Page 11 Maps......Page 13 Abbreviations......Page 14 Parthian rulers......Page 18 Chronological table......Page 19 1. Introduction......Page 23 2. First contact......Page 35 3. The high price of failure: Crassus and the Parthians......Page 50 4. The Parthian response......Page 71 5. The campaign of Antony......Page 85 6. The diplomatic solution: Augustus and Tiberius......Page 101 7. The campaigns of Corbulo and the Neronian settlement......Page 124 8. Trajan's Parthian adventure: with some modern caveats......Page 145 9. From Hadrian to Caracalla......Page 174 10. What did the Romans know. And when did they know it?......Page 206 11. The cost of war and empire......Page 232 12. Conclusion. Blind into Babylon......Page 250 Bibliography......Page 274 Index......Page 308

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