Rome’s War in Parthia: Blood in the Sand

Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Maps......Page 13
Abbreviations......Page 14
Parthian rulers......Page 18
Chronological table......Page 19
1. Introduction......Page 23
2. First contact......Page 35
3. The high price of failure: Crassus and the Parthians......Page 50
4. The Parthian response......Page 71
5. The campaign of Antony......Page 85
6. The diplomatic solution: Augustus and Tiberius......Page 101
7. The campaigns of Corbulo and the Neronian settlement......Page 124
8. Trajan's Parthian adventure: with some modern caveats......Page 145
9. From Hadrian to Caracalla......Page 174
10. What did the Romans know. And when did they know it?......Page 206
11. The cost of war and empire......Page 232
12. Conclusion. Blind into Babylon......Page 250
Bibliography......Page 274
Index......Page 308