Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of maps
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: West and East, friend and foe, counterpart and mirror image …
- PART I NARRATIVE
- PART II SOURCES AND CONTEXTS
- 1 Political goals
- 2 Warfare
- 3 Military confrontations
- 4 The diplomatic solutions
- 5 Arabia between the great powers
- 6 Shared interests: Continuing conflicts
- 7 Religion: Christianity and Zoroastrianism
- 8 Emperor and King of kings
- 9 Exchange of information between West and East
- Appendix 1 Lists of Sasanian kings and Roman emperors
- Appendix 2 Chronological table
- Appendix 3 Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index of sources
- Index of translated sources
- Index of names
- Index of place names
- General index
4 - The diplomatic solutions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of maps
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: West and East, friend and foe, counterpart and mirror image …
- PART I NARRATIVE
- PART II SOURCES AND CONTEXTS
- 1 Political goals
- 2 Warfare
- 3 Military confrontations
- 4 The diplomatic solutions
- 5 Arabia between the great powers
- 6 Shared interests: Continuing conflicts
- 7 Religion: Christianity and Zoroastrianism
- 8 Emperor and King of kings
- 9 Exchange of information between West and East
- Appendix 1 Lists of Sasanian kings and Roman emperors
- Appendix 2 Chronological table
- Appendix 3 Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index of sources
- Index of translated sources
- Index of names
- Index of place names
- General index
Summary
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- Rome and Persia in Late AntiquityNeighbours and Rivals, pp. 119 - 151Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007