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

"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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Superior document:Mnemosyne, Supplements
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Mnemosyne, Supplements
Physical Description:1 online resource (395 pages)
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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.