AHIS342 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Artabanus V Of Parthia, Hatra, Papak
16 Apr 2019
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The rise of the sasanian and early con ict with rome. The sasanian overthrow of the parthians (king of kings) Dynasty named after: (important gures) sasan and papak. Zoroastrian priests at istakhr? (sasan and papak) (religion important and new approach within sasanian dynasty) Ad 205/8-the beginnings of a sasanian chronology? complicated (often see two dates) (the early sasanian"s were confused when things actually happened 223/205) Ardashir defeats artabanus v at hormizdagan-ad 223/6. Re alters, winged disk, priest, zoroastrian links. A lot more persian than greek , babylonian/persian tradition. Sasanian representations of tike? burial crowns/fortune gad protective spirit (drawing on greek tradition. Tigris river frontier between roman and parthian. Ardashir defeats artabanus celebrated at naqsh-i rustam. Symbolic of the ending of the parthian rule of rome overtaken by more powerful system (renewal and rejuvenation of decaying system to sasanian) Crown of sasanian kings helps indicate and identify the kings in the reliefs. Armenian claims of attacks on persia-agathangelos i. 19 (d&l, p. 310)
