Early Arsakid Parthia (ca. 250-165 B.C.) : at the crossroads of Iranian, Hellenistic, and central Asian history /

"In his new monograph Early Arsakid Parthia (ca. 250-165 B.C.): At the Crossroads of Iranian, Hellenistic, and Central Asian History, Marek Jan Olbrycht explores the early history of the Arsakid Parthian state. Making use of literary and epigraphic evidence as well numismatic and archaeological...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Olbrycht, Marek J., 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Series:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 440.
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity.
Subjects:
Arsacid dynasty, > 247 B.C.-224 A.D.
To 640
Parthians.
Seleucids.
Parthes.
Séleucides.
Antiquities
Parthians
Seleucids
Parthia > History.
Parthia > Antiquities.
Iran > History > To 640.
Iran > Histoire > Jusqu'à 651.
Iran
Iran > Parthia
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From periphery to center: northeastern Iran and the Caspian-Aral region in the post-Achaemenid period
  • Contesting Seleukid unity
  • Seleukid Parthia-Hyrkania and the figure of Andragoras
  • History in space: the locational geography of early Parthia
  • Defectio Parthorum et Arsaces Rex: the emergence of Arsakid Parthia in literary sources
  • Imperium Constitutum Est-achievements and challenges of Arsakes I
  • Parthia from Arsakes II to Phraates I
  • The early Arsakid coinage and concept of royal power
  • An archaeological perspective of early Arsakid Parthia.

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