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The Parthian and Sasanian Empires
2021Abstract This chapter examines the development of the Arsacid (ca. 238 bce–ca. 224 ce) and Sasanian (224–642 ce) empires of Iran. It investigates the establishment of a new Iranian empire under the Arsacid dynasty and the transformation of that loosely structured empire into a more centralized and bureaucratically intensive system ...
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Being Roman in the Sasanian Empire
Studies in Late Antiquity, 2021Over the past several decades, scholars have challenged longstanding assumptions about Christian narratives of persecution. In light of these revisionist trends, a number of scholars have reconsidered the “Great Persecution” of Christians under the fourth-century Sasanian king Shapur II.
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Manichaeism in the Early Sasanian Empire
Numen, 1993AbstractIt is well-known that Mani knew Christian Gnosticism, Zoroastrianism and also a little of Buddhism and used different items from these religions. As we can see from the Šäbuhragän, the central themes of Mani's teachings at the Sasanian court were the "two principles" and the "three times", but he reworked them and brought them close to ...
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Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire
2008I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation It proposes a convincing contemporary answer answer to an ages-old mystery and conundrum: why, in the seventh century CE, did the seemingly powerful and secure Sasanian empire of Persia succumb so quickly and disastrously to the all-conquering Arab armies of Islam?
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Law in the Crisis of Empire: A Sasanian Example
Journal of Persianate Studies, 2013AbstractExcept for a century or so beginning with Alexander’s invasion, one or another Iranian dynasty ruled a vast empire for some 1200 years—and then vanished with disconcerting speed in only a few short years in the aftermath of the Arab invasion. The following remarks attempt an explanation for this rapid demise.
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The Evolution of Swords and Daggers in the Sasanian Empire
Iranica Antiqua, 2000Cet article est consacre a l'etude des epees et dagues utilisees par les sassanides. L'A souligne que l'evolution et le developpement de cette technologie est due aux conflits et au contact avec d'autres cultures. pour cette etude, il s'appuie donc sur des sources ecrites et sur des exemples de reliefs attribues a plusieurs souverains sassanides.
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2017
The article investigates the multilingual dimension of the Sasanian empire, focusing in particular on the procedures adopted by Persians and Byzantines in the redaction of the long text concerning the Peace Treaty of the Lazika War. The study shows the high level of cooperation between the two administrative diplomatic groups, in particular in the very
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The article investigates the multilingual dimension of the Sasanian empire, focusing in particular on the procedures adopted by Persians and Byzantines in the redaction of the long text concerning the Peace Treaty of the Lazika War. The study shows the high level of cooperation between the two administrative diplomatic groups, in particular in the very
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Primary Sources and Historiography on the Sasanian Empire
Studia Iranica, 2009Etant donne que les sources primaires sassanides sont peu narratives, les historiens modernes se tournent le plus souvent vers l'historiographie ancienne, laquelle toutefois est la plupart du temps bien posterieure aux evenements qu'elle vehicule. Avec l'apparition de nouvelles sources primaires on peut desormais corriger de nombreuses inexactitudes ...
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