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This latest volume in "The Idea of Iran" series concentrates on the Sasanian period. Seizing power from the previous dynasty - the Parthians - the Sasanians ruled Iran and most of the ancient Near East from 224 until 642 CE. They are particularly fascinating because of their adherence to Zoroastrianism, an ancient dualistic Iranian religion named after the prophet Zarathustra (or, in Greek, Zoroaster). The Sasanians expressed the divine aspect of their rule in a variety of forms, such as on coins, rock reliefs and silver plates, and architecture and the arts flourished under their aegis. Sasanian military success brought them into conflict with Rome, and later Byzantium. Their empire eventually collapsed under the force of the Arab army in AD 642, when Zoroastrianism was replaced with Islam.Engaging with all the major aspects of Sasanian culture, twelve eminent scholars address subjects which include: early Sasanian art and iconography; early Sasanian coinage; religion and identity in the Sasanian empire; later Sasanian orality and literacy; and state and society in late antique Iran.The volume in question arguably comprises the most complete and comprehensive treatment of the Sasanian civilization yet to be published in English.

Sassanids --- Sassanides --- Iran --- History --- Histoire --- Sassanides (dynastie) --- Monnaies sassanides

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The present study proposes to examine the political ideology of the early Sasanian empire. In doing so, it shall not only look at Sasanian and Roman relations, but also at Arsacid precedents, for possible stimuli in the formation of the Sasanian ideology. Already Roman historians of the third and fourth centuries CE perceived the imperialism of the Sasanians as infused with the desire to equal, even to surpass, the glory of the kings of old by recovering formerly Achaemenid territories-by then part of the Roman East. In contrast, contemporaneous Sasanian royal inscriptions, in particular the res gestae of Sabuhr the Great and the inscription of king Narseh at Paikuli, neither provide us with a rationale for the war of conquest waged against Rome, nor do they contain any explicit references to the historical predecessors of the Sasanians. This conflicting finding raises questions about historiographical practices in Sasanian Iran and Rome. Indeed, one wonders how Sasanians recorded their past, or the extent to which they were acquainted with it; equally important an inquiry is the nature of Roman knowledge of Sasanian history, as well as the sources whence it had been extracted. Only the elucidation of these problems would allow us to address our initial query, that is, whether the early Sasanians experienced an "Achaemenid revival" that might have shaped their political ideology and prompted their expansionist campaigns against the Roman empire; or whether the revival ascribed to the Sasanians by Roman literati was in reality a Roman interpretation comprehensible only in light of Roman political exigencies Sasanian Persia, which succeeded the Parthians, was one of the great powers of late antiquity and the most significant power in the Near East together with the Roman Empire. This book undertakes a thorough investigation of the diverse range of written, numismatic and archaeological sources in order to reassess Sasanian political ideology and its sources and influences in the ideologies of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Babylonian scholarship and prophesy, and Hellenistic Greek thought. It sheds fresh light on the political complexities of early Arsacid and Sasanian history, especially the situation in Babylon and Elymais, and on the Roman propaganda which penetrated, shaped and determined Roman attitudes towards Sasanian Persia

Sassanids. --- Sassanides --- Arsacid dynasty, --- Iran --- Rome --- History --- Histoire --- Sassanids --- Ancient --- General --- General. --- Arsacid dynasty, - 247 B.C.-224 A.D. --- Iran - History - To 640 --- Rome - History - Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. --- Arsacides (dynastie) --- Sassanides (dynastie)

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"The Sasanian Empire was home to many religious communities. It was also a place of meeting and transformation. It was where old religions met more recent arrivals, and where both new and old were transformed as a result of this contact. While some religious communities shared more than others, and this for historical or geographical reasons, some form of contact and exchange with Zoroastrianism, the religion of the ruling dynasty and of many of the inhabitants of the empire was undoubtedly the rule for all. The studies in this volume explore the dynamics between these communities within the broad Sasanian religious and cultural context and encompass a diverse array of topics concerning, in particular, Jews, Christians, and Manichaeans. Some include the Roman East in their deliberations. Most, however, deal with the interaction of one or other Sasanian religious community with Zoroastrianism."--

Religious minorities --- Jews --- Christians --- Christianity and other religions --- Sassanids --- Zoroastrians --- Minorités religieuses --- Juifs --- Chrétiens --- Christianisme --- Sassanides --- Zoroastriens --- History --- Congresses --- Congresses. --- Histoire --- Congrès --- Relations --- Christians. --- Jews. --- Religious minorities. --- Sassanids. --- Zoroastrians. --- Judentum. --- Christentum. --- Parsismus --- To 640 --- Iran. --- Sassanides (dynastie) --- Minorités religieuses --- Chrétiens --- Congrès --- Judentum --- Iran --- Religious minorities - Iran - History - to 640 - Congresses --- Jews - Iran - History - to 640 - Congresses --- Christians - Iran - History - to 640 - Congresses --- Sassanids - Congresses --- Zoroastrians - Iran - Congresses --- Parsismus.