James- I thoroughly enjoyed this string of thought. Particularly as you walked us through: “Parthia lurking in the background; Sulla’s example - a man who used the East to gain power in Rome; Pompey and his imitator Crassus; Crassus’s humiliating defeat as a spur for further Roman intervention and a more aggressive Parthian approach; the role of the Ptolemies (in Egypt) and Herod (in Judea).” I love the interesting history of all these figures and it’s really fantastic to be able to see them lined up in one thought. I appreciate it.
James- I thoroughly enjoyed this string of thought. Particularly as you walked us through: “Parthia lurking in the background; Sulla’s example - a man who used the East to gain power in Rome; Pompey and his imitator Crassus; Crassus’s humiliating defeat as a spur for further Roman intervention and a more aggressive Parthian approach; the role of the Ptolemies (in Egypt) and Herod (in Judea).” I love the interesting history of all these figures and it’s really fantastic to be able to see them lined up in one thought. I appreciate it.