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EX-PATRIA Shoptalk: Ruben Nikoghosyan “Alexander the Accursed and the Pseudo-Historical Tradition of the Written Avesta”

2/10/2024

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Daniel Alford on his presentation at the “How Rebellion Ends” Conference, organised by the Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period (SCORE), 12-13 Sept. 2024, University of Hamburg

While Michael was travelling up to join us in Lille, I was also on my way back from Hamburg, having just presented on the Sasanian Empire’s use of captives in the fifth century at the Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period (SCORE) conference in Hamburg. I would not recommend making this journey by bus (it’s a bit long!), but the conference itself was a tremendous experience.

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EX-PATRIA Shoptalk: Michael David Ethington “Surrounded by Eagles: Some Preliminary Remarks on Captivity in Syriac Sources” 

3/06/2024

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