Achaemenid Workshop 4 in Innsbruck

The Achaemenid Persian Empire and its Western Borderlands: A Change of Paradigm

Departing from the emphasis on rivalry that dominated scholarly discussions of Aegean–Achaemenid-Persian relations for a long time, this workshop seeks to offer vistas onto the varied testimony (written, archaeological, numismatic) that is presently available for the study of the multifaceted encounters between the Aegean and Achaemenid-Persian worlds and to new approaches to its interpretation. The conference will highlight the importance of these encounters as a mirror to broader patterns of political, social, economic, and cultural phenomena promoted in the eastern Mediterranean region (and beyond) under Achaemenid-Persian imperial expansion and rule.

Organized by Robert Rollinger , Julian Degen and Erich Kistler (Innsbruck) in cooperation with Bernhard Palme and Florian Schwarz (Vienna)

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