ARBERRY,A.J.

THE LEGACY OF PERSIA

Oxford 1953, 421 pp., plates (dust jacket dam.( c140

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GLENN BARNETT

Emulating Alexander: How Alexander the Great's Legacy Fuelled Rome's Wars with Persia

Barnsley, Pen & Sword Military. 2017, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9781526703002). Hardcover, with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 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 Irans 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. New/New.

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GLENN BARNETT

Emulating Alexander: How Alexander the Great's Legacy Fuelled Rome's Wars with Persia

Barnsley, Pen & Sword Military. 2017, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9781526703002). Hardcover, with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 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 Irans 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. New/New.

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BARNETT, Glenn

Emulating Alexander: how Alexander the Great's legacy fuelled Rome's wars with Persia

Pen & Sword Military, 2017. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket . A. bright, tidy copy in tight binding. Dust jacket not price-clipped. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_77998_jpg.jpg. ISBN: 1526703009

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BARNETT, GLENN

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

Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Military, 2017. First Edition. Original boards. ISBN: 1526703009. Light shelfwear. ; Octavo (Royal); xiv, 214 pages. New in New dust jacket .

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Catalogue: Ancient History

Keywords: 1526703009 Persian Rome Sassanid Parthians Warfare Great

Barnett, Glenn

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

Gebonden, hardcover; 2017; Barnsley, Pen & Sword; 214pp.; Conditie: Nieuw; Engels; ISBN10: 1526703009, ISBN13: 9781526703002

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Catalogue: Geschiedenis/Klassieke Oudheid

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