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Author Sheldon, Rose Mary, 1948-

Title Rome's wars in Parthia : blood in the sand / Rose Mary Sheldon
Published London ; Portland, Or. : Vallentine Mitchell, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 303 pages) : maps
Contents First contact -- The high price of failure : Crassus and the Parthians -- The Parthian response -- The campaigns of Antony -- The diplomatic solution : Augustus and Tiberius -- The campaigns of Corbulo and the Neronian settlement -- Trajan's Parthian adventure : with some modern caveats -- From Hadrian to Caracalla -- What did the Romans know, and when did they know it? -- The cost of war and empire -- Conclusion : blind into Babylon
Summary The leader of an empire invades Iraq. He has inadequate intelligence and underestimates the resistance of the locals, but he believes his overwhelming military strength will bring him a swift victory. His army overruns the area between the Tigris and the Euphrates, but as soon as he occupies the area a massive insurgency arises, made up of various ethnic and religious groups. What began as a simple conquest for dominance bogs down in deadly fighting as the once-victorious commander-in-chief now desperately searches for an exit strategy ... This scenario could be any number of Roman campaigns,
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-287) and index
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Subject POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Diplomatic relations.
Partherkriege
politique étrangère -- Empire parthe -- Rome.
guerre -- Parthe (peuple) -- Rome.
Partherkriege.
SUBJECT Rome -- Foreign relations -- Iran -- Parthia
Parthia -- Foreign relations -- Rome
Rome -- History, Military. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115172
Parthia -- History, Military
Subject Iran -- Parthia.
Rome (Empire)
Empire parthe -- Rome.
Genre/Form Military history.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780853039587
0853039585