IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1701: Between Byzantium and Sasanian Persia, III: Reconstructing the Other - The Climate of Persia and Its Neighbours
Thursday 8 July 2021, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS) / Cardiff Centre of Late Antique Religion & Culture, Cardiff University |
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Organisers: | Domiziana Rossi, Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà, Università di Bologna Sean Strong, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
Moderator/Chair: | Shaun Tougher, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
Paper 1701-a | Forgetting the Arsacids: The Parthian Empire between Sasanian Iran and the Byzantines (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Byzantine Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Political Thought |
Paper 1701-b | Armenian Attitudes toward Sasanian Persia in the 5th-6th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Other, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1701-c | Was Heraclius Guardian of the Sasanian King?: Some Remarks on an Ignored Passage of Nicephorus's Breviarium (16. 30) (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Language and Literature - Greek, Language and Literature - Other, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 1701-d | At the Periphery of the Rival Empires: Geopolitical Climate in Late Antique Caucasian Iberia / Kartli (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Byzantine Studies, Hagiography, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | When discussing the Near Eastern and Late Antique world, many think of the Eastern Roman Empire and Ērānshahr. Nonetheless, there are other aspects which need to be examined so that a wider perspective of the two major powers and their neighbours can be developed. This session focuses on reconstructing the 'other', with a paper dedicated to reconstructing Persia's past regarding the Arsacid dynasty, followed by an examination into Armenian attitudes towards Ērānshahr. The third paper discusses whether the Emperor Heraclius had a larger part to play in the Šāhanšāh Khosrow II's reign and the last paper is dedicated to the geopolitical climate of Iberia/Kartli. |