{"product_id":"the-arsacids-of-rome-misunderstanding-in-roman-parthian-relations-volume-2-9780520413061","title":"The Arsacids of Rome: Misunderstanding in Roman-Parthian Relations Volume 2","description":"\u003cb\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the beginning of the common era, the two major imperial powers of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East were Rome and Parthia. In this book, Jake Nabel analyzes Roman-Parthian interstate politics by focusing on a group of princes from the Arsacid family--the ruling dynasty of Parthia--who were sent to live at the Roman court. Although Roman authors called these figures \"hostages\" and scholars have studied them as such, Nabel draws on Iranian and Armenian sources to argue that the Parthians would have seen them as the emperor's foster-children. These divergent perspectives allowed each empire to perceive itself as superior to the other, since the two sides interpreted the exchange of royal children through conflicting cultural frameworks. Moving beyond the paradigm of great powers in conflict, \u003ci\u003eThe Arsacids of Rome \u003c\/i\u003eadvances a new vision of interstate relations with misunderstanding at its center. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJake Nabel\u003c\/b\u003e is the Tombros Early Career Professor of Classical Studies and Assistant Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Pennsylvania State University. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51201044906258,"sku":"9780520413061","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_471634d2-6aa9-4132-8309-8f62495bdb73.jpg?v=1744906232","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-arsacids-of-rome-misunderstanding-in-roman-parthian-relations-volume-2-9780520413061","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}