Arsacids, Romans and Local Elites : Cross-Cultural Interactions of the Parthian Empire.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (177 pages)
Intro -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Mithradates I and the Parthian Archer -- 2. The Seleucids Imprisoned: Arsacid-Roman Hostage Submission and Its Hellenistic Precedents -- 3. Marcus Antonius' Median War and the Dynastic Politics of the Near East -- 4. Finding Common Ground: Roman-Parthian Embassies in the Julio-Claudian Period -- 5. Herod the Great: A Near Eastern Case Study in Roman-Parthian Politics -- 6. Osrhoene and Mesopotamia between Rome and Arsacid Parthia -- 7. Beyond Rome/Parthia: Intersections of Local and Imperial Traditions in the Visual Record of Hatra.