The court

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

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Abstract / Description of output

The royal court was the political, administrative, and cultural core of the Persian Empire; it was the epicenter of dynastic ideology and imperial rule. A place of ritual and ceremony, the court augmented monarchic rule and fostered relationships between the throne and the Persian elite. The court was peripatetic and as it progressed around the Persian heartlands, the monarch's authority was made manifest to huge swathes of his subjects. Throughout the Empire, satraps emulated royal authority and established courts-in-miniature modeled on the Great King's court.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA Companion to the Achaemenid Persian Empire
EditorsBruno Jacobs, Robert Rollinger
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Chapter71
Pages1035-1046
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9781119071655
ISBN (Print)9781119174288
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Nov 2021

Publication series

NameBlackwell Companions to the Ancient World
PublisherWiley-Blackwell

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • court
  • courtiers
  • ceremony
  • ritual
  • kingship
  • throne
  • nomadism
  • harem
  • tents

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