East Rome, Sasanian Persia and the end of antiquity.(Brief article)(Book review)

From: Reference & Research Book News | Date: November 1, 2006 | Copyright information

0860789926

East Rome, Sasanian Persia and the end of antiquity.

Howard-Johnston, James.

Ashgate Publishing Co.

2006

334 pages

$114.95

Hardcover

Variorum collected studies series; CS848

DF552

Warfare dominated the classical phase of ancient history, largely because large and small political entities competed with each other in a complex system of layers, with each state informing the others in terms of social mores, norms of behavior and even dress. Howard-Johnson (Oxford U.) analyzes the end of the classical period in this series of ...

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