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Řím a "barbaři" na Východě I: vybrané kapitoly z římsko-parthských vztahů
| Title in English | Rome and "the barbarians" in the East I: Selected Chapters from the Roman-Parthian Relations |
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
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| Description | The lecture presented characteristic features of the relationship between the Roman and the Parthian empire from the first diplomatic contact in the Late Roman Republic until the end of the Arsacid rule in 224 AD. The Parthian empire has a special place in the history of the Roman foreign policy, for it was perhaps the only close neigbour, whose independent existence had to be tolerated by the Romans. Beginning with the principate of Augustus, the Romans frequently intervened in internal conflicts between the Arsacids and in the affaires of the Armenian kingdom, which was the focus of interest of both powers. Despite these interventions as well as military campaigns that resulted in capturing the Parthian capital Ctesiphon more than once (Traianus, Lucius Verus, Septimius Severus), the Romans never succeeded in subjugating a considerable portion of the Parthian territory and were forced to tolerate the Parthian kings as their partners in the Eastern part of the oecumene. |
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