
106- Barbarian at the Gate
The History of Rome
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The New King Artisher and the Sasonids
In two 30 a d, the new sasoned king artesher made the bold decision to begin attacking the roman empire. It is reported that his ultimate objective may have been to completely dislodge the romans from the east. He amassed an army on the banks of the tigris river and began raiding the roman positions in mesopotamia. Despite calls for him to immediately order a counter attack, alexander sent envoys to artisher to figure out what was going on. And so alexander, out of political and moral necessity, mustered an army and prepared to march east.
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