{"product_id":"the-arsacids-of-rome-9780520413061","title":"The Arsacids of Rome","description":"\u003cb\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1525\/luminos.227\"\u003ewww.luminosoa.org\u003c\/a\u003e to learn more\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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  ","brand":"Jake Nabel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42963872219254,"sku":"9780520413061","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_3093c7f5-0796-432c-ada5-9946fb351234.jpg?v=1767867205","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/the-arsacids-of-rome-9780520413061","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}