Volume 1

Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, etc. &c. during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820 / By Sir Robert Ker Porter. With numerous engravings of portraits, costumes, antiquities, &c.

  • Robert Ker Porter
Date:
1821-1822
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, etc. &c. during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820 / By Sir Robert Ker Porter. With numerous engravings of portraits, costumes, antiquities, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    B. C. LIST OF THE PERSIAN MONARCHS. Neither this prince, nor any of his predecessors, until Darius Nothus, the Darab I. of the Persians, are mentioned by the native historians; who pass at once from Darab I. to Darab II.; the latter being the great-grand- son of the former. Arses reigned only two years, and was succeeded by sececseseeeeDARAB II.—Darius Copomanus of the Greeks. Alexander the Great invaded Persia, in this reign, and seized the empire. DYNASTY OF THE GREEKS. see eseeeeeeeLSCANDEER, —ALEXANDER THE GREAT. From this period the empire was governed by the descendants of his generals, till, about eighty years after they had divided the empire amongst them, Ashk or Arsaces, a Parthian chief, wrested it from their hands, and established a line of kings, of which himself was the first. ARSACEDIAN DYNASTY, OR PARTHIAN EMPIRE. seeeceeseeeeASHK I,—ARSACES. Asux I].—Arsaces. SHAHPOOR, or SAPOR, This monarch was contemporary with Antiochus the Great. Amongst the native historians there is a lapse of two hundred years, between Shahpoor and a Parthian prince called Baharam-Gudurz; and in this blotted page, we miss the great names of Phrahates, Orodes, and above all that of Mithridates, which form such brilliant passages in the Roman accounts of the Parthian empire; and which, when marshalled according to the accession of the princes who bore them, would fill the gap till after the commence- ment of the Christian era, and to within a few years of Bauaram Gupurz. Vouas, — VouacEses I. of the Romans, Hormvuz,— ArraBaneEs IV. of the Romans, Narsi, FERoz1. Kuosroo,—Vo.acEses II. of the Romans. Vo.as,—Votraceses III. of the Romans. VOLASIN. Arpvuan, or ARDAVAN,—ARTABANUS V. of the Romans. He was the last of the Parthian race, being slain by the founder of the
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