The Roman eastern frontier and the Persian Wars (AD 226-363) : a documentary history / compiled and edited by Michael H. Dodgeon and Samuel N.C. Lieu.

Contributor Dodgeon, Michael H., 1944-

Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 1991.

Descriptionxxvii, 430 p. : maps ; 23 cm.

Note:PART I: (c. AD 226-3523): The rise of the Sassanians -- The Persian expedition of Gordian III (the 'first campaign' of Shapur I against the Roman Empire) -- The second and third campaigns of Shapur I against the Roman Empire -- The rise and fall of Palmyra -- From Probus to Diocletian -- Rome and Shapur II: Shapur and Constantine (c.302-337) -- PART II. (AD 353-363): Rome and Shapur II: the later wars of Constantine II (353-360) -- Rome and Shapur II: the Persian expedition of Julian (March-June, 363) -- Appendix 1: Select passages from sources in Arabic and New Persian -- Appendix 2: Select passages from Armenian historians -- Appendix 3: Select documents from Dura-Europos -- Appendix 4: Eastern victories in imperial titulature -- Appendix 5: the frontier units according to the notitia dignitatum.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-419) and indexes.

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