Sulla and the Parthian Envoy: The First Roman-Parthian Contact (96 BCE)

96 BCE · Fırat Kıyısı · political

Sulla, propraetor of Cilicia, met the Parthian envoy Orobazus; he had three seats set out, placed his own in the middle and sat between the other two.

In response to this insult, Orobazus was put to death by the Parthians. The cultural dimension of the question of diplomatic equality.

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Sulla, propraetor of Cilicia, met the Parthian envoy Orobazus; he had three seats set out, placed his own in the middle and sat between the other two.
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