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Salve!

I have a school project coming up, the topic being, as you may have guessed, the Persian empire. I was wondering if anyone had some good sources for info. You see, the only info I have been able to dig up was very generic, and lacking in depth. Since the project is only going on for about a week-and-a-half, I would prefer on-line stuff, since ordering(or borrowing) a book and reading it might take a little too long. All help is much appreciated.

Thanks!

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Off-topic, but I thought I'd say what an excellent website that Is :!:

Excellent site! Thank you!

Anyone else got anything to add?

Anything on the military?

I found this article:

PERSIA AND THE LATE ROMAN EMPIRE [284 - 651], Balance of Power and Spheres of Influence Stability in Asia Minor:

http://timothygrayson.com/PDFs/PersiaByzantium.pdf.pdf

And this one:

A LATE ROMAN–BYZANTINE FORT AT TABUS ON THE EUPHRATES
(M. Lönnqvist et al, CIPA 2005 XX International Symposium, 26 September – 01 October, 2005, Torino, Italy).

Quote:Salve!

I have a school project coming up, the topic being, as you may have guessed, the Persian empire. I was wondering if anyone had some good sources for info. You see, the only info I have been able to dig up was very generic, and lacking in depth. Since the project is only going on for about a week-and-a-half, I would prefer on-line stuff, since ordering(or borrowing) a book and reading it might take a little too long. All help is much appreciated.

Thanks!

Do you mean the Achaemenid Persian empire (Persians who fought Alexander) or the Sassanid Persian empire (Persians who fought the Romans)?

Aside from our Jona's site...which is a supurb source for facts and information
you can also find quite a bit on here...CAIS it also has a military section.
and some maps via here...maps

Project over. We got a 5-(Norway uses 1-6, the higher the better).

Many thanks to everyone who posted.