During late antiquity the Roman empire faced serious threats from the peoples to the east and to the north. This book is concerned with the role played by information and intelligence in the empire's relations with these peoples, how well-informed about them the empire was, and how such information was acquired. It deals with an important facet of late Roman history which has not previously received systematic treatment, and does so in a wide-ranging manner which relates the military/diplomatic history to its broader social/cultural and economic context.
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During late antiquity the Roman empire faced serious threats from the peoples to the east and to the north. This book is concerned with the role played by information and intelligence in the empire's relations with these peoples, how well-informed about them the empire was, and how such information was acquired.
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IN the mid-220s the Parthian Arsacid dynasty, rulers of a state which for the past three centuries had been the Roman empire's largest eastern neighbour, was overthrown by the revolt of one of the nobility, Ardashir, lord of Persis (Fars). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bridgehead dispositions, agri decumates, magister officiorum, campaign preparations, settlement density, organisational complexity, northern peoples, strategic intelligence, late antiquity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sasanian Persia, Black Sea, John of Ephesus, Peter the Patrician, Tur Abdin, Heartland of Cities, Fertile Crescent, Peutinger Table, Asia Minor, Notitia Dignitatum, Ammianus Marcellinus, Ancient Iran, Das Nachrichtenwesen, Life of Constantine, Maurice Strat, New York, History of the Goths, Menander Protector, Persian Christians, Photius Bibl, Byzantine Monetary Economy, Faustus of Buzand, Gallia Belgica, History of News, Jebel Sinjar New!
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IN the mid-220s the Parthian Arsacid dynasty, rulers of a state which for the past three centuries had been the Roman empire's largest eastern neighbour, was overthrown by the revolt of one of the nobility, Ardashir, lord of Persis (Fars). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bridgehead dispositions, agri decumates, magister officiorum, campaign preparations, settlement density, organisational complexity, northern peoples, strategic intelligence, late antiquity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sasanian Persia, Black Sea, John of Ephesus, Peter the Patrician, Tur Abdin, Heartland of Cities, Fertile Crescent, Peutinger Table, Asia Minor, Notitia Dignitatum, Ammianus Marcellinus, Ancient Iran, Das Nachrichtenwesen, Life of Constantine, Maurice Strat, New York, History of the Goths, Menander Protector, Persian Christians, Photius Bibl, Byzantine Monetary Economy, Faustus of Buzand, Gallia Belgica, History of News, Jebel Sinjar New!
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- Procopius: The Secret History (Penguin Classics) by Procopius on 4 pages
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