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

Categorie	Klassieke Oudheid
Boeknummer	#242285
Titel	Emulating Alexander. How Alexander the Great's Legacy Fuelled Rome's Wars with Persia
Auteur	Barnett, Glenn
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij	Barnsley, Pen & Sword
Jaar van uitgave	2017
ISBN10	1526703009
ISBN13	9781526703002
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	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 snat... (Lees verder)ched 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.
Pagina's	214
Conditie	Nieuw
Prijs	€ 10,00

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