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Identifier: historyofallnati02wrig (find matches)
Title: A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908
Subjects: World history
Publisher: (Philadelphia, New York : Lea Brothers & company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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264 THE E2IPIBE OF THE SASSÄNIANS.
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ODEXATUrs OF IJL.UYRA. 2(j.i of a mantle greatly detracts from the royal dignity of tliis figure.A relief of Sapor at Naksh-i-Rajab (Istaklir) resembles that ofArdashir, The king receives the ring from Ahura )\Iazda; bothfigures are on horseback; and on the kings horse is engraved aninscription in Persian and (Ireek, mentioning Shapur, his fatherArtaklishatr, and his grandfather Papak. On his expedition against the Romans, Sapor had contemptuouslytreated the ambassadors of Odenathus of Palmyra, and rejected theirofferings. Odenathus avenged himself for this insult by attackingthe Persians on their return march, and capturing a portion of theirbooty. He even marched against Mesopotamia, took the satrapsof Carrhae and Nisibis prisoners, and appeared before Ctesiphon.Palm)Ta, which the Jews incorrectly claim to have been founded bySolomon, first comes into prominence during the expedition of An-tony (p. 246). It is much more ancient, however, as is proven bythe discovery in its ruins of

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