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Between Empires: Arabs, Romans and Sasanians in Late Antiquity

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Between Empires: Arabs, Romans and Sasanians in Late Antiquity by Greg Fisher

Book Review by Ian Hughes

 

In the sixth century the tension between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Sasanid Empire of Persia dominated the political landscape in the "Fertile Crescent". To all intents and purposes the Arabs were sandwiched between these two monolithic empires and were often forced to choose between them. Unfortunately, the dominance of Rome and Persia resulted in the Arabs being reduced to secondary participants in the major events of the time, with the result that little is known about them. Especially in "Western" sources

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