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" Rome's wars in Parthia : "
Rose Mary Sheldon.
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BL
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847941
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Sheldon, Rose Mary,1948-
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Rome's wars in Parthia : : blood in the sand /\ Rose Mary Sheldon.
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London ;Portland, Or. :: Vallentine Mitchell,, 2010.
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1 online resource (xxvi, 303 pages) :: maps
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0853039585
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0853039313
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085303981X
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9780853039310
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9780853039815
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-287) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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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,
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Diplomatic relations.
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guerre-- Parthe (peuple)-- Rome.
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Partherkriege
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- General.
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politique étrangère-- Empire parthe-- Rome.
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Parthia, Foreign relations, Rome.
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Parthia, History, Military.
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Rome, Foreign relations, Iran, Parthia.
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Rome, History, Military.
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Empire parthe, Rome.
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Iran, Parthia.
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Rome (Empire)
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| Dewey Classification
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327.37035
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DG215.P37S54 2010eb
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6,12ssgn
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