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Abstract The rise of the Parthian Empire had significant ramifications and implications for the history of the Hellenistic and Roman Near East. This chapter focuses primarily on the development of the Parthian Empire from the reign of Mithradates I through to the reign of Vologaeses I (ad 51–78) when the impact of the Parthian imperial ...
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Iran and the Caucasus, 2023
Abstract This paper aims to explore the Parthian theme in Horace’s poems throughout its development. First, it delves into the works featuring the ethnonym Parthus, which, unlike the synonymous Medus, notably aligns with the events contemporaneous to the poet.
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Abstract This paper aims to explore the Parthian theme in Horace’s poems throughout its development. First, it delves into the works featuring the ethnonym Parthus, which, unlike the synonymous Medus, notably aligns with the events contemporaneous to the poet.
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2020
This chapter emphasizes the efforts of Mithridates II to consolidate and expand his power and prestige to establish the Parthians as an unrivaled imperial force. Through a determined war against the Central Asian tribal confederations, Mithridates emerged as the savior of the empire.
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This chapter emphasizes the efforts of Mithridates II to consolidate and expand his power and prestige to establish the Parthians as an unrivaled imperial force. Through a determined war against the Central Asian tribal confederations, Mithridates emerged as the savior of the empire.
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, 2001 Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1967
The engraved gem which forms the subject of this note (plate I, Al, A2, and fig. 1) is part of the collection of Mr. Richard Falkiner of London. I am grateful to him for allowing me to publish it here, and for placing at my disposal the notes which result from his own inquiries. What is known of the history and provenance of the object may be stated in
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The engraved gem which forms the subject of this note (plate I, Al, A2, and fig. 1) is part of the collection of Mr. Richard Falkiner of London. I am grateful to him for allowing me to publish it here, and for placing at my disposal the notes which result from his own inquiries. What is known of the history and provenance of the object may be stated in
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1995
Abstract The campaigns of the Romans against Mithridates Eupator led to hostilities with Tigranes, the ruler of Armenia, and thereby brought another power, the Parthians, into the ambit of their diplomacy through an ephemeral compact quickly ignored by the stronger party. Tigranes had earned signal disasters and complete humiliation. The
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Abstract The campaigns of the Romans against Mithridates Eupator led to hostilities with Tigranes, the ruler of Armenia, and thereby brought another power, the Parthians, into the ambit of their diplomacy through an ephemeral compact quickly ignored by the stronger party. Tigranes had earned signal disasters and complete humiliation. The
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Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1979
Richard N. Frye, Malcolm A. R. Colledge
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Richard N. Frye, Malcolm A. R. Colledge
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Abstract This chapter analyses the relationship between Palmyra and the Parthians in the context of political and military developments in the Near East from the first century bc to the third century ad. It uses the plentiful evidence of inscriptions from Palmyra to explain how Palmyra and its citizens continued to engage with the ...
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