The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars (AD 226-363): A Documentary History

Michael H. Dodgeon, Samuel N. C. Lieu

Routledge, 1991 - History - 429 pages

The crisis of the third century saw Rome not only embroiled in contests of succeeding short-lived Emperors, but assailed by an increasing variety of hostile peoples from outside its frontiers. Owing to the complex racial interplay of this period, the sources for its history have to be compiled from a wide variety of sources. The least adequate are those in Latin, the imperial lives of the Historia Augusta . These have to be supplemented by the Greek chronicles of Zosimus and John Malalas of Antioch, as well as the Armenian history of Moses of Chorene, the Arabic History of the Arabs of Al-Tabari , as well as inscriptions in Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Syrian and other languages. This volume collects these diverse sources for the first time in English translation, and will be a uniquely valuable resource for scholars working on a period of Roman history that is attracting increasing attention.

About the author

Samuel Nan-Chiang Lieu is Professor of Ancient History and Co-Director of the Ancient History Documentary Research Centre, Macquarie University. He is the author of many books including The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars II AD 363 630 (with G. Greatrex, 2002), From Constantine to Julian: Pagan and Byzantine Views (with D. A. S. Montserrat, 1996), The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 226 363 (with M. Dodgeon, 1991, revised 1994, 1996).

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars (AD 226-363): A Documentary History; Ad 226-363 : A Documentary History; Armenian Research Center collection; Part 1 of The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars, Geoffrey Greatrex
• Editors: Michael H. Dodgeon, Samuel N. C. Lieu
• Compiled by: Michael H. Dodgeon, Samuel N. C. Lieu
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, revised
• Publisher: Routledge, 1991
• ISBN: 0415103177, 9780415103176
• Length: 429 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / Rome; History / General