Iran
There are 1733 items in Iran:
Persian nobleman; statue from Egypt |
Pharnaces (1)
Pharnaces (Elamite Parnaka): founder of the Pharnacid house, mayor of the palace of the Achaemenid king Darius I the Great. Pharnaces,…Pharnacids
Pharnacids: Persian satrapal dynasty, ruling in Hellespontine Phrygia.The Pharnacids decended from an Achaemenid nobleman named Pharnaces, who was mayor of the palace of the Persian king Darius I the Great. In 477, Pharnaces' son Artabazus was appointed satrap of Hellespontine…Phraataces
Phraataces ("little Phraates"): Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r. 2 BCE - 4 CE). Phraataces Shortly after the Parthian king Phraates IV…
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Phraates IV
Phraates IV: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.38-2 BCE). Phraates IV After the death of his co-ruler Pacorus, the Parthian king Orodes…
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Phraortes
Phraortes (Old Persian Frâda): son of Upadaranma, king of Media (522-521 BCE). The Median king Phraortes on the Behistun relief The immediate…Plutarch on the Persian coronation ceremony at Pasargadae
The Persian coronation ceremony took place at Pasargadae. The Greek author Plutarch of Chaeronea (46-120) describes how this happened in his Life of king Artaxerxes, section 3.1. The ritual itself closely resembles a Babylonian ritual. The translation was made by…Pol-e Dokhtar
Pol-e Dokhtar: Sasanian bridge on the river Kashkan, near the place where it empties itself in the Karkheh (ancient Choaspes). The bridge…