Peter Edwell

Peter Edwell is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He researches and teaches on the relationship between the Roman and Sasanian Persian Empires and in the area of Late Antiquity more broadly. He is currently part of the project Crises of Leadership in the Eastern Roman Empire funded by the Australian Research Council. Dr Edwell is the author of Between Rome and Persia , published by Routledge and has written numerous book chapters...See more

Peter Edwell is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He researches and teaches on the relationship between the Roman and Sasanian Persian Empires and in the area of Late Antiquity more broadly. He is currently part of the project Crises of Leadership in the Eastern Roman Empire funded by the Australian Research Council. Dr Edwell is the author of Between Rome and Persia , published by Routledge and has written numerous book chapters and articles focussing on the relationship between Rome and its powerful eastern imperial neighbour. See less