This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ...were constantly at war with the Syro-Greek kingdom so long as it lasted, it L may at first surprise us to find that the legends of the Parthian coins, except in the case of a few of the latest, are in Greek. The date of them is indicated by the increasing complexity of these legends as time goes on. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ...were constantly at war with the Syro-Greek kingdom so long as it lasted, it L may at first surprise us to find that the legends of the Parthian coins, except in the case of a few of the latest, are in Greek. The date of them is indicated by the increasing complexity of these legends as time goes on. All the successors of the first Arsaces keep his name as their dynastic title, just as all the Kings of Egypt are styled Ptolemy, and the Roman Emperors Augustus; but they add to this dynastic name a constantly increasing number of epithets. In fact, the number of these epithets which are to be found on a coin is usually the readiest means of assigning its date. The earliest pieces bear only the legend 'ApaaKov or /SafftXtwe 'Apoaicov; but already the second King Tiridates assumes the title of Great King, (SamXsvg fityag; his successors add a variety of epithets, Osoirarwt;, imavnq, tvspyertig, and the like, until, under Or odes the Great, we reach the formula fiaoiXtutc; ptyaXov Apaaicov Evtpytrov BiKalov tirupavovg ftXsXXrivoQ, which remains usual until the end of the dynasty. The last-mentioned title, Philhellen, is interesting, and records the fact that, at all events after the fall of the Syro-Greek kingdom, the Parthian Kings were anxious to secure to themselves the goodwill of the semi-Greek population which dwelt in many of the large towns under their rule. The title of "Great iKing" was not in the style of the Parthian monarchs a mere parade or an unmeaning phrase. It signified that he was master of a number of under-kings or satraps, who ruled under his authority the various districts of Central Asia, and in comparison with whom he might well be called great. Some of the rulers adopt the alternative title, "King of...
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