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The two eyes of the Earth: art and ritual of kingship between Rome and Sasanian Iran
Matthew P. Canepa
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Frontmatter
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List of Illustrations (page xi)
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Acknowledgments (page xv)
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Sources and Abbreviations (page xvii)
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1. INTRODUCTION (page 1)
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2. THE ART AND RITUAL OF KINGSHIP WITHIN AND BETWEEN ROME AND SASANIAN IRAN (page 7)
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3. THE LURE OF THE OTHER AND THE LIMITS OF THE PAST (page 34)
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4. SAPUR I, KING OF KINGS OF IRAN AND NON-IRAN (page 53)
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5. ROME'S TROUBLED THIRD CENTURY AND THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW EQUILIBRIUM (page 79)
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6. CONTESTED IMAGES OF SACRAL KINGSHIP AND NEW EXPRESSIONS OF TRIUMPH (page 100)
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7. UNCEASING EMBASSIES (page 122)
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8. CITY AS STAGE AND ART AS STATECRAFT (page 154)
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9. THE LATE ANTIQUE KOSMOS OF POWER (page 188)
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EPILOGUE: THE LEGACY OF THE TWO EYES OF THE EARTH (page 224)
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Notes (page 227)
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Bibliography (page 337)
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Index (page 401)
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Published: c2009
Publisher: University of California Press
- 9780520257276 (hardcover)
- 9780520944572 (ebook)
- 9780520294837 (paper)