Roman Edessa
Subtitle: Politics and Culture on the Eastern Fringes of the Roman Empire (Routledge Classical Monographs)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: January 5, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780415187879
First sentence: Blessed with generous springs that made it a welcome stopping point for travelers in the parched steppeland of middle Mesopotamia, Edessa must certainly have attracted visitors and inhabitants from a very early date.