Table of Contents

Acknowledgements (vii)  Introduction (1)  I. Eurasia from the Conquests of Alexander to the Fall of Parthia (7)  II. The Establishment of the House of Sasan (25)  III. From Shapur I to Shapur II (49)  IV. The World of the Nomad (93)  V. Humiliation and Heresy (123)  VI. The Iranian Recovery (171)  VII. Triumph and Tribulation (237)  VIII. The Last War of Antiquity (267)  IX. The Collapse of the House of Sasan (313)  X. Observations on the Fall of the Iranian Empire (341)  Bibliography (349)  Index (389)