The Parthian Cultural Synthesis: An Iranian-Greek-Steppe Blend (100 BCE)
100 BCE · Nisa/Ktesifon · cultural
Parthian courts staged Greek theater; coins were bilingual (Greek together with Aramaic or Parthian); the ivory rhyta from Nisa bear scenes from Greek mythology; and the Iranian Zoroastrian fire cult existed alongside a cosmopolitan court culture.
What was The Parthian Cultural Synthesis: An Iranian-Greek-Steppe Blend (100 BCE)?
Parthian courts staged Greek theater; coins were bilingual (Greek together with Aramaic or Parthian); the ivory rhyta from Nisa bear scenes from Greek mythology; and the Iranian Zoroastrian fire cult existed alongside a cosmopolitan court culture.
When did The Parthian Cultural Synthesis: An Iranian-Greek-Steppe Blend (100 BCE) happen?
100 BCE
Where did The Parthian Cultural Synthesis: An Iranian-Greek-Steppe Blend (100 BCE) take place?