This volume deals with the religion of Palmyrenes in Dura-Europos during the first three
centuries of the Common Era, and focuses upon the religious interaction between this�…

Winner of the the Roman and Tania Ghirshman Prize 2015 by the French Acad�mie des
Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. This prize was established in 1973 by the donation made by�…

Located in the small kingdom of Commagene at the upper Euphrates, the late Hellenistic
monument of Nemrud Dağ (c. 50 BC) has been undeservedly neglected by scholars�…

“Dura, the city of Nicanor, a Macedonian foundation, which the Greeks call Europos”. By the
time Dura was destroyed around 256 ce, it had probably become entirely a Roman military�…

" From minor nomadic tribe to major world empire, the story of the Parthians' success in the
ancient world is nothing short of remarkable. In their early history, the Parthians benefitted�…

With a history of use extending back to Vedic texts of the second millennium BC, derivations
of the name Mithra appear in the Roman Empire, across Sasanian Persia, and in the�…

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the history and culture of the Parthian
Empire, which existed for almost 500 years from 247 BC to 224 AD. The Parthians were�…

The Parthians are a fascinating but little-known ancient civilization. In the mid-third century
BCE a bold and ambitious leader called Arshak challenged Hellenic rule and led his armies�…

Nineveh, after its sack in 612 BC, had two entirely distinct histories. One is exotic and largely
lost. The suspiciously Assyrian name of Assarakos appears in Homer as that of an ancestor�…

This paper discusses the rich but little-known Navkur plain, north-east of Nineveh, which is
the probable location of the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC, and nearby rock-sculptures�…