Information and Frontiers
Subtitle: Roman Foreign Relations in Late Antiquity
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780521028257
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; International Relations - General; History; History - General History; History: World; Ancient Rome; Ancient - Rome; History / Ancient / Rome; History / Europe / General; Rome--Foreign relations--284-476; Europe - General; Politics / Current Events
First sentence: IN the mid-220s the Parthian Arsacid dynasty, rulers of a state which for the past three centuries had been the Roman empire's largest eastern neighbour, was overthrown by the revolt of one of the nobility, Ardashir, lord of Persis (Fars).