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Review Of "Greek Texts And Armenian Traditions: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Trends In Classics - Supplementary Volumes, 39", Lee Patterson
Review Of "Greek Texts And Armenian Traditions: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Trends In Classics - Supplementary Volumes, 39", Lee Patterson
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Minority Religions In The Sasanian Empire: Suppression, Integration And Relations With Rome, Lee Patterson
Minority Religions In The Sasanian Empire: Suppression, Integration And Relations With Rome, Lee Patterson
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Gauging the importance of religion to the exercise of political will inthe Sasanian world requires enormous care. It is all too easy to takethe Great Kings at their word as they championed the doctrines ofZoroastrianism in their political pronouncements, especially as someof them also persecuted Christianity. Whether or not such sentimentswere genuine, a closer analysis of the evidence suggests a more pragmaticroyal use of religion. The political realities on the groundwere more often the deciding factor in how the kings related to thereligious sectors of Sasanian society. This state of affairs sometimesset the kings against the Zoroastrian clerics, whose agendas …
Review Of "Rome In The East: The Transformation Of An Empire. Second Edition", Lee Patterson
Review Of "Rome In The East: The Transformation Of An Empire. Second Edition", Lee Patterson
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