The Seleukids in the Upper Satrapies

Disclaimer: This post is based on some of my undergraduate work, so might be considered a bit basic (in that I wrote it in under 24hrs while sleep deprived), I just really enjoy this period and the complexities of studying this region, consider this an introduction to later posts about the period and region. The …

Two Parthian Coins

Sources for the Parthian empire are few and far between. Their coinage is one way which we can reconstruct Parthian policy and political thought. The Parthian empire was born out of the decline of another, the Greek successor kingdom of the Seleukids and, in 247 BC, Parthia was able to break away. The origins of …