The Hypothesis of the Arsacids’ Descent from the Achaemenids: Myth or Reality?

In the 40s of the last century, J. Wolski proposed a thesis, still dominant in historiography, arguing that the story of Arrian which reached us thanks to his work “Parthica” that the Arsacid dynasty, the founder of Parthian state, descended from the Achaemenids, has a fictional origin. According t...

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Main Author: Arthur Melikyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences of Armenia 2025-03-01
Series:Banber Arevelagitut'yan Instituti
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Online Access:https://banberorient.sci.am/index.php/bios/article/view/76
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