عنوان

Emulating Alexander

(Number (ISBN

1526703017

(Number (ISBN

1526703025

(Number (ISBN

9781526703019

(Number (ISBN

9781526703026

Erroneous ISBN

1526703009

Erroneous ISBN

9781526703002

Title Proper

Emulating Alexander

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

How Alexander the Great's Legacy Fuelled Rome's Wars With Persia.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Pen & Sword

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2017.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource

Text of Note

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Rome and Parthia; Rome; Parthia; Chapter 2 First Impressions; Sulla: To the East; Pompey: The New Alexander; Summary; Chapter 3 Parthia Triumphant: Crassus and Antony; Crassus: In the footsteps of Alexander; Julius Caesar: Persian Dreams; Mark Antony: Persian nightmares; Summary; Chapter 4 The Empire Strikes Back; Augustus Caesar: The Diplomat; Tiberius: The Hated Enemy; Nero: The Great Compromise; The Flavians: Roman Revenge; Trajan: In Alexander's Footsteps; Summary.

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Chapter 5 Marcus Aurelius: Unintended ConsequencesVerus: Victory and Death; Commodus: The Comforts of Home; Summary; Chapter 6 The Severans: Father and Son Invade Iraq; Septimius Severus: Parthia laid low; Caracalla: The Last Battle with Parthia; Summary; Chapter 7 The Sasanians; Worthy Successors; Chapter 8 Shapur I, King of Kings; Chapter 9 Diocletian: Roman Revival; Chapter 10 Shapur II: The Great One; Chapter 11 Julian: The Soul of Alexander; The Last Offensive; Chapter 12 The Sasanian wars with Byzantium: The waning of Alexander; Chapter 13 Heraclius and Khusro II: Greek Tragedy.

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This book gives an account of the Roman relationship with Persia and how it was shaped by the actions of Alexander the Great long before the events. Numerous Roman emperors led armies eastward against the Persians, seeking to emulate or exceed the glorious conquests of Alexander. Some achieved successes but more often the result was ignominious defeat or death. Even as the empire declined, court propagandists and courtiers looked for flattering ways to compare their now-throne-bound emperors with Alexander. All the while there was a small segment of the Roman intelligentsia who disparaged Alexander and his misdeeds. While the Romans dreamed of conquering the Persian realm, the Persians of the Parthian and Sasanian dynasties dreamed of regaining the lands of the eastern Mediterranean snatched from their Achaemenid ancestors by Alexander. Echoes of this revanchist policy can be seen in Iran's support of Shiites in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon. Glenn Barnett draws comparisons between the era-long struggle of Rome and Persia with the current wars in the Middle-East where they once fought.

Title

Emulating Alexander.

International Standard Book Number

1526703009

Diplomatic relations.

HISTORY-- Ancient-- Rome.

Rome, Foreign relations, Iran.

Iran.

Rome (Empire)

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Date of Transaction

20200823042145.0

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