Rome vs Persia: an unwinnable fight
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The History of the Roman Empire
We obviously have far more material from the Greek and the Roman perspective. There's a later tradition that's much of it written down in the medieval period by Arab authors. And they've been heavily influenced by the Sasanians who do their best to rubbish the Parthian dynasty that preceded them. But on the other hand, you can't fully tell the Roman side either. The frustration of all of ancient history is that you have only 1% of the sources that once existed.
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