THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND SASANIAN PERSIA IN THE THIRD CENTURY A.D.

这项研究的主要目标是考察罗马帝国和萨萨尼亚波斯之间的政治、军事、文化和宗教关系，在四个多世纪的边境竞争中，这两个帝国都不会屈服于对方。我取得了以下成果：1.萨波尔一世的伟大三种语言的铭文，通常被称为Res Gestae divi Saporis，于公元1936/39年在那克什伊鲁斯塔姆琐罗亚斯德的卡巴两侧被发现。我们可以得出结论，这个题词所讲述的故事，特别是萨普尔一世(约公元260年)捕获和对待Valerianus的故事，基本上比Lactantius和Zosimos等希腊和罗马作家的故事更值得信赖。以对波斯方面的断言表示深切关注。我试图以图像化的方式重新审视萨普尔战胜罗马皇帝的一系列浮雕，这些浮雕最明显地展示了波斯人关于政府和封建的思想，因此我可以获得更详细和准确的信息。从不同的立场来看，不是国家的立场，而是民众的立场，有必要注意到这样一个事实，即基督教教会在这个关键时期确实在两个帝国范围内传播。因此，中东世界转向伊斯兰教，而欧洲世界变成基督教。考察这两个宗教的性质和两个帝国的宗教政策的差异是非常有趣的，在日本学术界，这方面的研究还是一个未被探索的领域。因此，我不得不把大部分时间花在收集关于这个主题的文献上。主要问题将从即日起陆续处理和公布。

The principal object of this study is an examination of the political, military, cultural, and religious relations between the Roman Empire and Sasanian Persia, neither of which would have yielded to the other in their rivalry to border on the frontier more than four centuries. I have achieved the following results.1. The great tri-lingual inscription of Sapor I commonly called the Res Gestae divi Saporis was discovered in A.D.1936/39 on the sides of the Kaabah of Zoroaster at Naqsh-i Rustam. We may draw the conclusion that the story as told by this inscription, especially of the capture and the treatment of Valerianus by Sapor I (ca. A.D.260) is basically more trustworthy than that of the Greek and Roman authors such as Lactantius and Zosimos.2. In order to pay deep regard to the assertion of the Persian side. I tried to reexamine iconographically a series of reliefs of Sapor's victories over the Roman Emperors, which most evidently exhibit the Persian ideas on government and investiture, and I could thus acquire more detailed and accurate informations.3. Viewed from a different standpoint, not the state's but the masses', it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that the Christian Church was really spreading over the both Empires at this crucial period. Consequently, the World of the Middle East turned to Islam, and the World of Europe became Christian. It is very interesting to examine the differences in character of the two religions and the religious policy of the two Empires.In Japanese academic circles, such study is still an unexplored field. So, I had to spend most of my time in gathering literature on this subject. The main issues will be dealt with and published successively from now on.