Rome on the Euphrates: the story of a frontier.
by Stark, Freya
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Ancient world 1209Stark, Freya. Rome on the Euphrates: the story of a frontier. Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967, xi, 481p, notes, bib, index, illus., fold. Maps. Good. Clean, tight copy in dust jacket, no marks. Dust jacket has fraying around edges. First American edition, so stated. $18.50
Contents: The battle of Magnesia -- The tax collectors -- Mithradates -- Across the Euphrates -- The Seleucid kings and the empire of trade -- The Parthians and the trade route -- The Rome of Augustus -- Nero's Armenian wars -- The trade routes and Trajan's wars -- The Antonine climax -- The lower Euphrates and the end of Parthia -- The revolt of the poor -- The end of Palmyra -- The government of the cross -- The last offensive: Julian's expedition to Ctesiphon -- The age of Justinian.
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- Ancient world 1209
- Title
- Rome on the Euphrates: the story of a frontier.
- Author
- Stark, Freya
- Format/Binding
- Good
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & World,
- Date Published
- 1967,
- Pages
- xi, 481
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Ancient World, Rome, Mesopotamia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ancient World; Mesopotamia; Middle East languages; Roman History and Literature; Near East;
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