Tag: Parthian

ACHAEMENID DASCYLIUM

ACHAEMENID DASCYLIUM By: Michael Weiskopf Dascylium Metropolis Picture courtesy of Marco Prins & Jona Lendering (Livius) Dascylium, Achaemenid satrapy in northwestern Anatolia (Herodotus, 3.120.2; cf. Thucydides 1.129.1: tê`n Daskulitìn satrapeían; OPers. tayaiy drayahyâ; DB 1.15; Kent, Old Persian, p. 117), part of the Persian empire until the 330s B.C.E. The borders varied, extending as far… Continue reading ACHAEMENID DASCYLIUM

Manichaeism : The Prophet Mani

Manichaeism, a Universalist Faith An artist’s concept of Mani the Prophet from Wikimedia Commons The Prophet Mani Persia was between India and the Roman Empire, and the Silk Road ran through it, making Persia a crossroad of ideas. It had Jews who had had fled from their homeland. After the Jews came Christians. Buddhist ideas… Continue reading Manichaeism : The Prophet Mani

Ardashir Conquers and the Persians, to CE 241

Ardashir Conquers During the war between Marcus Aurelius and the Parthians (the years 162-66) the Great Pestilence not only devastated the Romans, it threw the economy of the Parthian Empire into decline. While the Roman Empire was busy with German intrusions, plague and a rapid turnover in emperors, the Parthian Empire disintegrated. The Parthians no… Continue reading Ardashir Conquers and the Persians, to CE 241

Parthian Empire

(250 BC–AD 226) The Parthian Empire. Metallic statue of a Parthian prince (thought to be Surena), AD 100, kept at The National Museum of Iran, Tehran. Its rulers, the Arsacid dynasty, belonged to an Iranian tribe that had settled there during the time of Alexander. They declared their independence from the Seleucids in 238 BC,… Continue reading Parthian Empire

Takht-e Suleiman- Ancient Iran

Sacred lake of Takht-e Suleiman (Order Fine Art Print) Located in a mountainous area of northwestern Iran and 42 kilometers north of the village of Takab, Takht-e Suleiman (the ‘Throne of Solomon’) is one of the most interesting and enigmatic sacred sites in Iran. Its setting and landforms must certainly have inspired the mythic imagination… Continue reading Takht-e Suleiman- Ancient Iran