Rome and Persia at War: Imperial Competition and Contact, 193-363 CE

This book focuses on conflict, diplomacy and religion as factors in the relationship between Rome and Sasanian Persia in the third and fourth centuries AD.During this period, military conflict between Rome and Sasanian Persia was at a level and depth not seen mostly during the Parthian period.At the same time, contact between the two empires increased markedly and contributed in part to an increased level of conflict.Edwell examines both war and peace - diplomacy, trade and religious contact - as the means through which these two powers competed, and by which they sought to gain, maintain and develop control of territories and peoples who were the source of dispute between the two empires.The volume also analyses internal factors in both empires that influenced conflict and competition between them, while the roles of regional powers such as the Armenians, Palmyrenes and Arabs in conflict and contact between the two "super powers" receive special attention.Using a broad array of source