Rome and the East

6 credits · Graduate

This course will consider relations between Rome and her eastern neighbours -- the Parthians and the Sasanians -- from 53 B.C. To A.D. 628. It will examine the development of Roman policy in the region from the establishment of imperial control in the Near East to the costly wars of the early Byzantine period. Consideration will also be given to the Parthian and Persian kingdoms and to the frontier region. CALENDAR NOTES: Credit can only be given for this course if X and Y are completed in consecutive terms and partial credit cannot be given for a single term.