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<p>[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 4552519, member: 81887"]Woohoo, featured article! Thanks everyone who has enjoyed my review.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] : While I would have liked to see the latest ideas about king sequences and dates included, on the other hand, such facts don't really change out main ideas about who the Parthians were. The fact that the second king, who we usually refer to as Arsakes II, used the personal name Artabanos, and thus forces a renumbering of several subsequent kings- well, that's interesting and I'm glad we now know that, but in the broader picture, does that really change how we understand Parthian history? Will our understanding of how the Parthians expanded from their original homeland into the Iranian plateau be affected by knowing that their second leader was named Artabanos? I think it's okay, at least for a general work like this, to continue using the established dates and king names, and include the new ideas in the appendix (which this book does) for readers who are especially interested and care to know such things. As for Dr. Curtis' involvement in the Sasanian Coins book, I can't really comment since I haven't bought the book and don't plan to. </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=111237]@Cachecoins[/USER] : The Pacorus who reigned c.78-105 (or possibly to as late as 120) AD was called Pacorus II in the older works, because there was a previous Pacorus (a son of Orodes II) who issued some very rare coins c.50 BC and was called "Pacorus I" in reference works. (Shore lists his coins as R5, the highest rarity level, and gives a value of $7500 for a drachm in Fine condition. I have never seen one in person.) But this prince is no longer considered to belong properly to the sequence of Parthian kings, so the king who reigned starting in 78 AD gets promoted to "Pacorus I". Unfortunately there have been a number of adjustments to the sequence of Parthian kings proposed in the last couple of decades, mainly by Dr. Assar. This can be confusing, but it's also good to know that the area is still a topic of active research.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 4552519, member: 81887"]Woohoo, featured article! Thanks everyone who has enjoyed my review. [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] : While I would have liked to see the latest ideas about king sequences and dates included, on the other hand, such facts don't really change out main ideas about who the Parthians were. The fact that the second king, who we usually refer to as Arsakes II, used the personal name Artabanos, and thus forces a renumbering of several subsequent kings- well, that's interesting and I'm glad we now know that, but in the broader picture, does that really change how we understand Parthian history? Will our understanding of how the Parthians expanded from their original homeland into the Iranian plateau be affected by knowing that their second leader was named Artabanos? I think it's okay, at least for a general work like this, to continue using the established dates and king names, and include the new ideas in the appendix (which this book does) for readers who are especially interested and care to know such things. As for Dr. Curtis' involvement in the Sasanian Coins book, I can't really comment since I haven't bought the book and don't plan to. [USER=111237]@Cachecoins[/USER] : The Pacorus who reigned c.78-105 (or possibly to as late as 120) AD was called Pacorus II in the older works, because there was a previous Pacorus (a son of Orodes II) who issued some very rare coins c.50 BC and was called "Pacorus I" in reference works. (Shore lists his coins as R5, the highest rarity level, and gives a value of $7500 for a drachm in Fine condition. I have never seen one in person.) But this prince is no longer considered to belong properly to the sequence of Parthian kings, so the king who reigned starting in 78 AD gets promoted to "Pacorus I". Unfortunately there have been a number of adjustments to the sequence of Parthian kings proposed in the last couple of decades, mainly by Dr. Assar. This can be confusing, but it's also good to know that the area is still a topic of active research.[/QUOTE]
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