Sasanian Persia : Between Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia / / edited by Eberhard W. Sauer [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910794704503321
• Autore: Sauer Eberhard
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2017
• ISBN: 1-4744-3527-0; 1-4744-2068-0; 1-4744-0102-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxi, 314 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Edinburgh studies in ancient Persia
• Disciplina: 935
• Soggetti: Sassanids; Excavations (Archaeology) - Iran; History; Iran History To 640
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2018).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Series Editor’s Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Part I. Surplus Production, Urban Growth and the Environment -- 2. Sasanian Cities: Archaeological Perspectives on the Urban Economy and Built Environment of an Empire -- 3. Palaeoecological Insights into Agri-Horti-Cultural and Pastoral Practices Before, During and After the Sasanian Empire -- 4. Animal Exploitation and Subsistence on the Borders of the Sasanian Empire: From the Gorgan Wall (Iran) to the Gates of the Alans (Georgia) -- Part II. Frontiers and Frontier Landscapes -- 5. The Northern and Western Borderlands of the Sasanian Empire: Contextualising the Roman/Byzantine and Sasanian Frontier -- 6. Connectivity on a Sasanian frontier: Route Systems in the Gorgan Plain of North-East Iran -- 7. The Sasanian Empire and the East: A Summary of the Evidence and its Implications for Rome -- Part III. Contested Territories and Cultural Contacts Between Persia and Rome -- 8. Minority Religions in the Sasanian Empire: Suppression, Integration and Relations with Rome -- 9. A Contested Jurisdiction: Armenia in Late Antiquity -- 10. Cultural Contacts Between Rome and ; Persia at the Time of Ardashir I (c. ad 224–40) -- Part IV. Imperial Power Balance and International Relations -- 11. Innovation and Stagnation: Military Infrastructure and the Shifting Balance of Power Between Rome and Persia -- 12. The Arabian Frontier: A Keystone of the Sasanian Empire -- 13. The India Trade in Late Antiquity -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Sasanian Empire was one of the largest empires of antiquity, stretching from Mesopotamia to modern Pakistan. This book explores key phenomena which contributed to its wealth and power, from the empire's armed forces to agriculture, trade and treatment of minorities. The latest discoveries feature prominently.