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Fig. 4 Sketch of the relief from Taq-i Bustan
(Sir Robert Ker-Porter, Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, Ancient Babylonia During the
Years 1817, 1818, 1819 and 1820. Vol. ii, London 1822, pl. 62)
the Roman 19 as well as the Persian side 20 matters concerning the organisation
of the army and its resources were paramount throughout late antiquity.
19 See Eadie 1967b: 161–73; MacMullen 1980: 451–60; Kaegi 1981a: 209–13; 1982; Turtledove 1983: 216–
22; Kennedy 1989: 235–46; Coulston 1990: 139–60; Dixon and Southern 1992; Isaac 1995: 125–55;
Kennedy 1996c.
20 See Inostrancev 1926: 7–52; Frye 1977: 7–15; Coulston 1986: 59–95; Shahbazi 1986: 496–9; Hamblin
1986: 99–106; Nicolle 1996; Tafazzoli 2000.