Apocalyptic Imagery and Royal Propaganda in Khosrow II’s Letter to the Byzantine Emperor Maurice
The Byzantine historian Theophylact Simocatta (fl. 620s) records an exchange of letters with the Sasanian Empire. The correspondence of March 590, from the Iranian shah Khosrow II Parviz (r. 591-628) and addressed to the Byzantine emperor Maurice (r. 582-602), exhibits a particular style, focused on...
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2021
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Journal of Persianate studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 14, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 178-195 |
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Apocalypticism
B Diplomacy B Sasanian Empire B Ideology B Zoroastrianism B Politics B Byzantine Empire B Kingship |
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