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Book Launch: The Arsacids of Rome by Jake Nabel

Wednesday, April 23, 2025
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. ET
102 Weaver Building
Book Launch: The Arsacids of Rome by Jake Nabel

Join the Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Penn State to launch the new book by Jake Nabel, The Arsacids of Rome: Misunderstanding in Roman-Parthian Relations, just published by the University of California Press as part of the “Iran and the Ancient World” series.

Jake Nabel will be joined via Zoom by M. Rahim Shayegan, the Amuzegar Chair in Ancient Iranian at UCLA and the series editor of “Iran and the Ancient World,” who will offer his thoughts on the book.

The digital version of The Arsacids of Rome is open-access and free to download. The book can be found on the publisher’s website.

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Part of the book cover of The Arascids of Rome, featuring the title written in a serif font.
Part of the book cover of The Arascids of Rome, featuring the title written in a serif font.
102 Weaver Building

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