Rome's Enemies (3): Parthians and Sassanid Persians
Contributors: Angus Mcbride (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: July 24, 1986
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780850456882
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Military Equipment; Military History (General); History - General History; Military Science; Ancient Rome; General; History / Military / General
First sentence: they were able to trade gold and silk for Ferghana horses and other local products. It was from Parthia that knowledge of silk spread to the Greco-Roman world in the 1st century BC, and Parthia was well placed to become the middle-man on the great silk road.
Notes: Men-at-Arms