For over 400 years, the Sasanian Empire was one of late antiquity’s most powerful empires. Zoroastrian religious specialists came up with a system to order its complex society. By looking...

Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry Memorial Lecture – 28 October 2024 Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry Memorial Lecture By Prof Daniel J. Sheffield Monday 28 October 2024 @ 5.30 pm Khalili Lecture Theatre Main Building of...

Brill’s Companion to War in the Ancient Iranian Empires examines military structures and methods from the Elamite period through the Achaemenid, Seleucid, Arsacid, and Sasanian empires. War played a critical role...