The present work is dedicated to the image of the Iranian world in the works of Roman poets of the Republican and Augustan Ages, that is from the 3rd century BC until 14 AD. These times can be viewed as a period of creation of the literary vision that was later creatively developed by later genera tions of poets. By the term “Iranian world,” the author means not only the great empires (the Achaemenid Persia and the Arsacid Parthia) but also their component parts, as well as o...
The present work is dedicated to presenting the image of the Iranian world as it appears in the works of Roman poets of Imperial and Late Antique Ages, that is, from 14 AD until the end of the 6th century. This time can be viewed as a period of continuance, when Roman authors developed the motifs inherited from their predecessors (especially from the Augustan Age). The term the Iranian world encompasses here not only the great empires (the Achaemenid Persia, the Arsacid Parth...
