Why read The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy?

Book cover of The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy: Or, the Geography, History, & Antiquities of Parthia

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and…

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1 author picked The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Andrew Levkoff

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Although this book was first published in 1873, it remains one of the foundations of research on the Parthian Empire. Why do I include it among these more modern works? Here’s an excerpt:

"Of the thirty sons who still remained to Orodes, king of Parthia, [he] selected as his successor Phraates, the eldest of the thirty. Orodes proceeded further to abdicate in his favour, whereupon Phraates became king. Phraates, jealous of some of his brothers, removed them by assassination, and when the ex-monarch ventured to express disapproval, added the crime of parricide to fratricide by putting to death his aged…

From Andrew's list on the Parthia and the war with Rome in the 1st century.