Rome, Parthia, and the Politics of Peace av Jason M. Schlude

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<P>This volume offers an informed survey of the problematic relationship between the ancient empires of Rome and Parthia from c. 96/95 BCE to 224 CE. Schlude explores the rhythms of this relationship and invites its readers to reconsider the past and our relationship with it.</P><P>Some have looked to this confrontation to help explain the roots of the long-lived conflict between the West and the Middle East. It is a reading symptomatic of most scholarship on the subject, which emphasizes fundamental incompatibility and bellicosity in Roman¿Parthian relations. Rather than focusing on the relationship as a series of conflicts, <EM>Rome, Parthia, and the Politics of Peace</EM> responds to this common misconception by highlighting instead the more cooperative elements in the relationship and shows how a reconciliation of these two perspectives is possible. There was, in fact, a cyclical pattern in the Roman¿Parthian interaction, where a reality of peace and collaboration became overs