Conférence - Touraj Daryaee : The Idea of Iran in Late Antiquity

Collège de France - Sélection · May 7, 2026 · 1h 4m

Frantz Grenet

Histoire et cultures de l'Asie centrale préislamique

Collège de France

Année 2025-2026

Conférence - Touraj Daryaee : The Idea of Iran in Late Antiquity

Touraj Daryaee

Maseeh Chair in Persian Studies & Culture, University of California - Irvine

Résumé

Ardashīr I, in the third century claimed to be the king of the Iranians, and by the time of Shapur I the realm was known as Ērānšahr, i.e., the "Empire of the Iranians." During the Sasanian period, not only the idea of Iran took form, but its boundaries and what it meant to be an Iranian took shape. While the major motive behind…