Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Master's Theses Graduate School 2003 Perceptions of classical Armenia: Romano-Parthian relations, 70 BC-AD 220 John Joseph Poirot, III Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Poirot, III, John Joseph, "Perceptions of classical Armenia: Romano-Parthian relations, 70 BC-AD 220" (2003). LSU Master's Theses. 832. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/832 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Master's Theses by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. PERCEPTIONS OF CLASSICAL ARMENIA: ROMANO-PARTHIAN RELATIONS, 70 BC-220 AD A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in The Department of History by John Joseph Poirot, III B.A., U.S.L., 2000 December, 2003 Table of Contents Abstract . iii Introduction . 1 Chapter 1. Origins of the Romano-Parthian Conflict . 4 Review of Literature . 6 Luxuria et Avaritia . 9 Gens et Patria . 11 Lucius Licinius Lucullus . 14 Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus . 21 Marcus Licinius Crassus and Mark Antony . 25 Conclusion . 28 2. Parthia and Armenia under the Julio-Claudian Emperors . 30 Parthia in Roman Literature . 32 Caesar Augustus . 34 Tiberius . 39 Caligula and Claudius . 43 Nero . 45 Conclusion .