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THE ARSACIDS OF ROME: ROYAL HOSTAGES AND ROMAN-PARTHIAN RELATIONS IN THE FIRST CENTURY CE [PDF]

, 2017
This is a study of Julio-Claudian Rome’s relations with Parthia, one of the great empires of ancient Iran and an imperial rival of the Principate. In contrast to previous scholarship that treats Rome and Parthia as monoliths clashing in war or coexisting
Nabel, Jacob Theodore
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Legendary genealogies of Byzantine Emperors and their families [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2004
Theoretically, the Byzantine Emperor was, just like in the times of the Roman Empire, chosen on the basis of his personal qualities and merits — by the grace of God, of course.
Krsmanović Bojana T., Radošević Ninoslava M.   +1 more
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Edward Dąbrowa. Greek: a Language of the Parthian Empire [PDF]

, 2016
The special status enjoyed by Greek language in the Parthian empire was due to the role of the Greeks and the weight of the Seleucid heritage in the building by the Arsacids of an ideological community to support their new state.
Sinisi, Fabrizio, Fabrizio Sinisi
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Heroisation or divinisation of men? Some remarks on the Greek interpretation of the ancient Iranian cults of the frauuaši

Mythos
The aim of this article is to reappraise the features of the ancient Iranian cults for men to highlight the main differences with the Greek ones. For instance, authors such as Herodotus or Theopompus, gave interesting insights in the liturgies and the ...
Lorenzo Paoletti
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Marek Jan Olbrycht, The Sacral Kingship of the Early Arsacids. Fire Cult and Kingly Glory, Anabasis. Studia Classica et Orientalia 7, 2016, 91-106.

, 2019
Marek Jan Olbrycht, The Sacral Kingship of the Early Arsacids. Fire Cult and Kingly Glory, Anabasis.
Marek Olbrycht (6814832)
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Wilhelm Müseler. “The Dating and the Sequence of the Persid Frataraka Revisited” [PDF]

, 2019
The author takes into consideration the coinage of Persis, an autonomous region in southern Iran during the Seleucid rule, later a vassal kingdom under the Arsacids.
Gregoratti, Leonardo
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Żydzi pod rządami Sasanidów [PDF]

The Polish Journal of Aesthetics, 2012
The situation of Jews under the rule of Sasanians differed considerably to the situation in times of Arsacids, who looked kindly on Jewish society. The main reason for that were different aims of Persian policy, which didn’t need such a big support of ...
Jerzy Ciecieląg
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Qaryat al‐Fāw/Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim: On the identity of the god Kahl

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 136-154, November 2024.
Abstract Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim (‘the City of [the god] Kahl’) is the Ancient South Arabian name of the modern site of Qaryat al‐Fāw. This compound refers to the tutelary deity of the city, in this case, a god called Kahl. However, the identity of this Kahl is obscure.
Juan de Lara
wiley   +1 more source

Edward Dąbrowa. Were the Arsacids Deities ‘Revealed’? [PDF]

, 2016
The use of the appellative of Epiphanes was introduced in Arsacid coin titolature by Artabanus I (c. 126-122 BCE), son of Mithradates I, aiming at conveying the message that he belonged to a family with divine status.
Sinisi, Fabrizio, Fabrizio Sinisi
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On the Issue of the Parthian Pahlavs' Socio-Political Nature

Banber Arevelagitut'yan Instituti
The role of the high aristocracy, the so-called pahlavs, is undeniable in the history of the Parthian state. In the second half of III century BC the assistance of the pahlavs to the Arsacid dynasty considerably contributed to the establishment of the ...
Arthur Melikyan
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