Dr. Eve MacDonald
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1,045 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2026
last heard 13 Sep
Dr. Eve MacDonald’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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His name is Artabanus IV, and they defeat him at a battle, and that takes place in two two four, and they become the rulers of this big, huge land.
Yes, Ardashir the First, founder of the dynasty and um the creator really of the the whole
uh legitimacy and ideas and family that follows on after that.
So he's connected to the Arsacids.
He's he's he's ruling and using the the Parthian power sort of as a model from which to uh to govern himself and take over the empire.
But he really separates himself from that by emphasizing certain aspects of power.
power and legitimacy around Zoroastrian religion.
You've done an amazing episode on the Zoroastrians.
So I think everybody should go listen to that.
And then they'll understand.
Exactly.
Shah Shahanshah name and he takes the title of King of Kings.
And that means that he has kings who are subordinate to him.
And so he's obviously established his rule to the point in which he is a king among kings.
And that's that title of Shahanshah.
So he's the Shah and he becomes Shahanshah.
Absolutely.
And he is spends twenty years with him.
Making sure that sticks, because this couldn't have been an easy thing for the Sasanian dynasty, the House of Sasan.
They they had to both convince uh allies and enemies alike that they would be able to establish a coherent rule in this area that allowed them then to govern as they did.
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