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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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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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Socioeconomic Transformation in the Sasanian Empire
2023Socioeconomic Transformation in the Sasanian Empire explores the cultural landscapes of the late antique Central Zagros and their long-term transformations. This book contextualises the socioeconomic milieu of the Sasanian Central Zagros in the late antique Near East.
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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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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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Rethinking Babylonian Rabbinic Acculturation in the Sasanian Empire
Journal of Ancient Judaism, 2018The study of the Babylonian rabbis in their Persian context(s) has largely adopted a binary paradigm whereby certain rabbis, usually associated with specific regions, are characterized as adopting a strategy of either accommodation or resistance to Persian language and culture.
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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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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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