Roman ‘Soldatenkaiser’ on the Triumphal Rock Reliefs of Shāpūr I - A Reassessment

• Authors: SHAVAREBI Ehsan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Five rock reliefs surviving in Persis/Fārs province in southern Iran represent the victories of Shāpūr I (241–272 AD), the second Sasanian King of Kings (Šāhānšāh), over the Roman Empire. The three Roman Emperors depicted on these reliefs have traditionally been identified as Gordian III (238–244), Philip I – known as ‘the Arab’ – (244–249) and Valerian I (253–260). From the 1960s onward, new interpretations are presented. In the most recent of these, Uranius Antoninus (253/254) is recognised on three of Shāpūr’s triumphal reliefs. The present paper aims to re-examine these new hypotheses by considering numismatic materials, including a unique gold coin of Shāpūr which bears an image of the same topic accompanying a legend on its reverse.

Keywords

EN

Bishāpūr; Dārābgerd; Gordian III; Philip the Arab; Sasanian rock reliefs; Shāpūr I; Uranius Antoninus; Valerian

• Publisher: Instytut Historii Uniwersytet w Siedlcach
• Journal: Historia i Świat
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 47-63

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

SHAVAREBI Ehsan

• University of Tehran, Iran

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2299-2464