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

1. Verfasser: Olbrycht, Marek J., 1964- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021].
Umfang/Format: 1 online resource (xvi, 377 pages) illustrations.
Schriftenreihe: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity 440
Schlagworte:
Parallelausgabe: Early Arsakid Parthia (ca. 250-165 B.C.) (Print version) | ISSN: 9789004460751
Online Zugang: Available online
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.