Transformation of the Classical Heritage
Christians, Zoroastrians, and Iranian Political Culture in Late Antiquity
Transformation of the Classical Heritage
Christians, Zoroastrians, and Iranian Political Culture in Late Antiquity
"A State of Mixture seeks to resolve the paradox of how East Syrian Christian communities flourished in a Zoroastrian political system, the Iranian Empire. If previous studies have regarded Christians as marginal, insular, and often persecuted, the present book demonstrates their integration into elite networks, adoption of Iranian political practices and imaginaries, and participation in imperial institutions.
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Placing the social history of East Syrian Christians at the center of the Iranian imperial story, this book explains the endurance of a culturally diverse empire across four centuries.
