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The Armenian Kingdom of Commagene and Mount Nemrut
Before the Seljuks, before the Mongols, even before Rome and Parthia carved up the Near East, a small but dazzling Armenian kingdom flourished in the shadow of Mount Nemrut. Commagene was a Hellenistic-Armenian hybrid state whose kings claimed descent from both Darius the Great and Alexander the Great. This episode focuses on Antiochus I Theos of Commagene, who built the colossal limestone colossi and tomb-sanctuary atop Nemrut Dağı in the first century BCE. Lucas and Luna explore how Commagene survived between Roman and Parthian empires, the syncretic religion Antiochus promoted—blending…
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