The Arsacids of RomeA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www. luminosoa. org to learn more. At the beginning of the common era, the two major imperial powers of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East were Rome and Parthia. In this book, Jake Nabel analyzes Roman Parthian interstate politics by focusing on a group of princes from the Arsacid familythe ruling dynasty of