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The Eagle and the Lion Rome, Persia and an Unwinnable Conflict By Adrian Goldsworthy ISBN: 978-838931964 Head of Zeus (2024) - £16.99 www.bloomsbury.com The paperback edition of Adrian Goldsworthy's latest work covers the vast history of Rome's interactions with both the Arsacid Parthian and Sasanian Persian Empires. Goldsworthy admits that he wanted to deal with these two empires together deliberately (they tend to be dealt with separately) because there are parallels and continuities in Rome's dealings with them. This creates a lengthy tome which is still, by necessity, at times cursory. Covering Rome's relations with the Parthian Empire and then the Sasanian means dealing with more than seven hundred years of complex history. The Parthian Empire was founded in the third century BC and Rome first came into contact with…

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