Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-232) and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Philip de Souza and John France -- Making and breaking treaties in the Greek world / P.J. Rhodes -- War, peace and diplomacy in Graeco-Persian relations from the sixth to the fourth century BC / Eduard Rung -- Treaties, allies and the Roman conquest of Italy / J.W. Rich -- Parta victoriis pax: Roman emperors as peacemakers / Philip de Souza -- Treaty-making in late antiquity / A.D. Lee -- Byzantine diplomacy: good faith, trust and co-operation in international relations in late antiquity / Michael Whitby -- Treaties between Byzantium and the Islamic world / Catherine Holmes -- Siege conventions in Western Europe and the Latin East / John France -- Paying the Danegeld: Anglo-Saxon peacemaking with vikings / Richard Abels -- Peace among equals: war and treaties in twelfth-century Europe / Esther Pascua.
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