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Sasanian Empire - Map of Ardashir & shapur's campaign
to be replaced, as later effort
Coin of Vonones II, Sellwood type 67.1
Mint: Ecbatana
Region: Persis(Province / Vassal State)
Date: ca. 51 CE
Metal/Denomination: AR, Drachm
Weight/Diameter/Die-Axis: 3.51 g / 20 mm / 1 h
Obverse: Beaded; Vonones II, beared, helmeted bust facing with short beard wearing diadem with…
Region: Persis(Province / Vassal State)
Date: ca. 51 CE
Metal/Denomination: AR, Drachm
Weight/Diameter/Die-Axis: 3.51 g / 20 mm / 1 h
Obverse: Beaded; Vonones II, beared, helmeted bust facing with short beard wearing diadem with…
Coin of Meherdates (Usurper), 49–50 CE
Mint: Ecbatana
Region: Persis(Province / Vassal State)
Date: 49–50 CE
Metal/Denomination: AR, Drachm
Weight/Diameter/Die-Axis: 3.67 g / 20 mm / 12 h
Obverse: Beaded; Meherdates' (Usurper) beaded, helmeted bust with short beard wearing diadem…
Region: Persis(Province / Vassal State)
Date: 49–50 CE
Metal/Denomination: AR, Drachm
Weight/Diameter/Die-Axis: 3.67 g / 20 mm / 12 h
Obverse: Beaded; Meherdates' (Usurper) beaded, helmeted bust with short beard wearing diadem…
A legendary tale of Zhang Qian’s mission to the West
According to the Shiji, emperor Wu used to seek the method of eternal life at the end of East-China, so he order his own priests to look for the god’s trace but was not successful. It is said that someone incidentally saw the goddess, Queen Mother of…
Army and Navy positioning under the rule of Hadrian, 125 CE
The correctness of the entries on the map are attested by Fanum 2005, 15-31; Pitassi 2009, 249; 281.
Reference:
Farnum, J. H. 2005.
The Positioning of the Roman Imperial Legions. British archaeological reports / International series 1458.…
The description of Anxi/Parthia in the Hou Hanshu
The Hou Hanshu records the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was written by Fan Ye in the first half of the fifth century CE (398-445). The book is divided into ten chronicles, eighty biographies, and eight histories, recording the history…