Hatra: Politics, Culture and Religion between Parthia and Rome (Oriens Et Occidens/Ancient History: Studien Zu Antiken Kulturkontaken Und Ihrem Nacleben)

Hatra is the richest archaeological site in the Parthian Empire known to date and has great potential for a better understanding of this enigmatic empire and its relationship with Rome. After an introduction to this little known site, seventeen contributions written by leading experts in the field provide the reader with the latest insights into this important late-Parthian settlement. They touch upon three themes. The first section, ""Between Parthia and Rome"" contains three articles that discuss the relationship between Parthia and Rome on the one hand, and Parthia and its vassal states on the other. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION HATRA AGAINST ROME AND PERSIA FROM SUCCESS TO DESTRUCTION IN THE TWILIGHT - HATRA BETWEEN ROME AND IRAN HATRA: ON THE WEST OF THE EAST QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF HATRA IN THE FIRST CENTURIES CE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF HATRA THE ANCIENT PHASES OF THE GREAT SANCTUARY AT HATRA A NOTE ON THE INSCRIPTIONS AND ARCHITECTURAL DECORATION OF THE SMALL TEMPLES IN HATRA NEW DISCOVERIES IN TEMPLE XIV IN HATRA CLOTHED STATUETTES OF HERACLES FROM HATRA WHERE IS THE MAN OF HADR, WHO ONCE BUILT IT AND TAXED THE LAND BY THE TIGRIS AND CHABORAS? ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FINAL SIEGE OF HATRA HATRA AND THE PARTHIAN COMMONWEALTH HATRA AND PALMYRA. MONUMENTALIZATION OF PUBLIC SPACE DOES GORGO HARM US? ABOUT THE INTERPRETATION OF H106 THE ICONOGRAPHY OF NABU OF HATRA IN THE CONTEXT OF SYRIAN CULT IMAGES THE TRIAD OF HATRA ROMAN AND PARTHO-SASANIAN MARTIAL INTERACTIONS: TESTIMONY OF A CHEEKPIECE FROM HATRA AND ITS PARALLELS THE WEAPONS OF HATRA AS REFLECTION OF INTERREGIONAL CONTACTS BIBLIOGRAPHY LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS LIST OF FIGURES Plates