Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements xv
5. Notes on Contributors xvii
6. Series Editor’s Preface xx
7. 1. Introduction 1
8. Part I. Surplus Production, Urban Growth and the Environment
9. 2. Sasanian Cities: Archaeological Perspectives on the Urban Economy and Built Environment of an Empire 19
10. 3. Palaeoecological Insights into Agri-Horti-Cultural and Pastoral Practices Before, During and After the Sasanian Empire 51
11. 4. Animal Exploitation and Subsistence on the Borders of the Sasanian Empire: From the Gorgan Wall (Iran) to the Gates of the Alans (Georgia) 74
12. Part II. Frontiers and Frontier Landscapes
13. 5. The Northern and Western Borderlands of the Sasanian Empire: Contextualising the Roman/Byzantine and Sasanian Frontier 97
14. 6. Connectivity on a Sasanian frontier: Route Systems in the Gorgan Plain of North-East Iran 126
15. 7. The Sasanian Empire and the East: A Summary of the Evidence and its Implications for Rome 151
16. Part III. Contested Territories and Cultural Contacts Between Persia and Rome
17. 8. Minority Religions in the Sasanian Empire: Suppression, Integration and Relations with Rome 179
18. 9. A Contested Jurisdiction: Armenia in Late Antiquity 199
19. 10. Cultural Contacts Between Rome and Persia at the Time of Ardashir I (c. ad 224–40) 221
20. Part IV. Imperial Power Balance and International Relations
21. 11. Innovation and Stagnation: Military Infrastructure and the Shifting Balance of Power Between Rome and Persia 239
22. 12. The Arabian Frontier: A Keystone of the Sasanian Empire 268
23. 13. The India Trade in Late Antiquity 284
24. Index 305