Nisibis at the Border of Romans and Sasanians between the Third and Fifth Centuries AD

Nisibis at the Border of Romans and Sasanians between the Third and Fifth Centuries ADTarih Araştırmaları DergisiSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/K94U4UXG/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.MuzafferDemirMuratKeçişNisibis at the Border of Romans and Sasanians between the Third and Fifth Centuries ADhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/K94U4UXGhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/K94U4UXGhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/K94U4UXGTarih Araştırmaları Dergisi36 [62]20171-29Owing to its geostratejic importance as being the only main trade center in its region, Nisibis became the typical of a city in the limes where the Roman and the Sasanians, the two great powers of their time, confronted each other. Though heavily fortified, it occasionally changed hands. The Romans, having extended their borders to the Upper Tigris Valley and Mesopotamia, pioneered the eastern territorial aspirations of the West, this time against the Sasanians. As a border city, Nisibis was a significant anchor for them, not only socioeconomic but also from a military point of view. Until its surrender to the Sasanians in 363, Nisibis was not only the headquarters of the commander of Mesopotamia (dux Mesopotamiae) but also often served as the forward mustering-point for the mobile forces of Master of the Soldiers for the East (the magister militum per Orientem). Demir, Muzaffer, and Murat Keçiş. “Nisibis at the Border of Romans and Sasanians between the Third and Fifth Centuries AD.” Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi 36 [62] (2017): 1–29. Muzaffer Demir and Murat Keçiş, Nisibis at the Border of Romans and Sasanians between the Third and Fifth Centuries AD, Tarih Araştırmaları Dergisi 36 [62] (2017): 1–29.I-III CEIV CEIV-VII CENisibisRoman Syriacitiesfrontierwar