Late Antiquity was an eventful period on the eastern frontier of the Roman empire. From the failure of the Emperor Julian''s invasion of Persia in 363 AD to the overwhelming victory of the Emperor Heraclius in 628, the Romans and Persians were engaged in almost constant conflict.<BR>This book, sequel to the volume covering the years 226-363 AD, provides translations of key texts on relations between the opposing sides, taken from a wide range of sources. Many have never before been available in a modern language, and all are fully set in context with expert commentary and extensive annotation. For more information please visit the author''s supplementary website at <U>http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~greatrex/ref.html</U>
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Procopius was the major historian of the reign of Justinian and one of the most important historians of Late Antiquity. This is the first stand-alone English translation of his work Persian Wars. It offers a new translation, which has at its basis one...
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<p><b>A sweeping historical account of the Later Roman Empire incorporating the latest scholarly research</b><p>In the newly revised 3rd edition of <i>A History of the Later Roman Empire, 284-700</i>, distinguished...
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<i>The Roman frontier with Persia in north-eastern Mesopotamia</i> investigates the Roman city of Singara and the fortifications and roads in the surrounding area. The physical frontier between Rome and Persia has been little studied, in part...
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''I am a Christian'' is the confession of the martyrs of early Christian texts and, no doubt, of many others; but what did this confession mean, and how was early Christian identity constructed? This innovative study sets the emergence...
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