Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents X
3. Illustrations XI
4. Acknowledgments XV
5. Sources and Abbreviations XVII
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. 2. The Art and Ritual of Kingship within and between Rome and Sasanian Iran 7
8. 3. The Lure of the Other and the Limits of the Past 34
9. 4. Šāpūr I, King of Kings of Iran and Non-Iran 53
10. 5. Rome’s Troubled Third Century and the Emergence of a New Equilibrium 79
11. 6. Contested Images of Sacral Kingship and New Expressions of Triumph 100
12. 7. Unceasing Embassies 122
13. 8. City as Stage and Art as Statecraft 154
14. 9. The Late Antique Kosmos of Power 188
15. Epilogue. The Legacy of the Two Eyes of the Earth 224
16. Notes 227
17. Bibliography 337
18. Index 401
19. Plates 428