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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
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-aForgetting the Arsacids: The Parthian Empire between Sasanian Iran and the Byzantines
(Language: English)
Eve MacDonald, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University
Index terms: Administration, Byzantine Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Political Thought
Paper 1701-bArmenian Attitudes toward Sasanian Persia in the 5th-6th Centuries
(Language: English)
Lewis Read, School of History, University of St Andrews
Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Other, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 1701-cWas Heraclius Guardian of the Sasanian King?: Some Remarks on an Ignored Passage of Nicephorus's Breviarium (16. 30)
(Language: English)
Riccardo Loconte, Historisches Institut, Universität Potsdam / Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere, Università di Pisa
Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Language and Literature - Greek, Language and Literature - Other, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 1701-dAt the Periphery of the Rival Empires: Geopolitical Climate in Late Antique Caucasian Iberia / Kartli
(Language: English)
Sandro Nikolaishvili, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest
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.