I had finished now your video about of edessa..great as Always.. However,i would like you tell me more about the religion uprising against ardashir in pars province,and why Roman army fell prey so often to illness in mesopotamia
Thanks! The religious uprising appears to have been a revolt by an influential priestess with armed followers in Ardashir-Khurreh. Al-Tabari claims that there was a queen in Alar in Kucaran in Ardashir Khurreh who enjoyed divine veneration and had much wealth and many soldiers, and that Ardashir made war on her priests, killed the queen and confiscated their wealth.
Maybe It was escalated throught the famous Roman army in Armenia of the campaign of 232 that could had destroyed some religious Temple?
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Thank you my new friend!All 41 volumes of the English translation can be accessed here:
Kalamullah.Com | The History of al-Tabari
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And it's not too difficult to read once you get used to the style and as long as you read the foreword and keep track of the commentary. Hope it helps!
But did the northern army destroy temples?
Ah,only an educated guess based on the route and the aim of this column(as depicted in John MC huges book),as letters in Al-tabari that challenged the religious claim of ardashir.. moreover,the northern army could had moved near the Fire temple in media, and Roman sources fails to tell if romans destroy the Fire temple,and sassanid sources had Little reason to do
Ilness and heat was the most formidable enemy to a Roman permanent conquest of the area
But there are many targets in Media besides temples. Without a source that claims that they destroyed temples, I have no reason to believe that they did.
It was a combination of factors,as well that Roman european army usually didn't had the best physichal conditions fighting in the desert in Summer..geography and distance give an hand to sassanids/parthians,but political permanent strife give an hand to Romans.. moreover,the only possibility that romans had to defeat a Persian cavalry army Is copying the strategy used as immae ,emesa and solachon..also,i Will add only a thing : Romans didn't had an almost full cavalry army against the Persian(that could had have them more mobility and flexibility), for the lack of enough proper terrain suited for cavalry like steppes and iranian plateau ( as well raising natural cavalrymen from infancy with hunting activities,archers and cavalry training Is costly and consuming timing ), moreover the desert terrain don't give Romans army enough fodder for ,as example, a 50000 full cavalry army in One region.. persians instead ,due the environment ,political instability, geographycal position,had plenty of nomadic tribes within their empire that think only drinking,hunting and war are activities suited for the Honor of a man ( as well a ipermilitaristic società )
Only educated guess by hugues.. However, Belisarius could be ranked as antiquity Commander?
then I'd include the greatest of them all: Khaild ibn al Waleed (R. A.)
