Leonardo Gregoratti. The importance of the Mint of Seleucia on the Tigris for Arsacid History: Artabanus and the Greek Parthian Cities
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22 août 2017
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Fabrizio Sinisi, « Leonardo Gregoratti. The importance of the Mint of Seleucia on the Tigris for Arsacid History: Artabanus and the Greek Parthian Cities », Abstracta Iranica, ID : 10.4000/abstractairanica.42342
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The policy of Artabanus II (12-38/40 CE) towards the Greek cities is analyzed, detecting a gradual penetration of the royal power in the municipal institutions as opposed to the idea of a direct conflict. This took place through various means, as shown by the famous letter to the city of Susa of 21/22 CE, aiming at a general consolidation of Arsacid control on all the entities which coexisted within the empire. A special focus is devoted to the civic coinage of Seleucia struck in the years of...