Jake Nabel

Historian of ancient Rome and pre-Islamic Iran at Penn State

[Jake Nabel @JakeNabel]

I wrote a book about a group of Parthian royalty who lived at the court of the Roman emperor in the first century CE. Today, finally, it is an object in the world.

You can read the open access PDF here and it would mean the world to me if you did!

https://t.co/PHHZOj1Zjg

[住田 朋久 😷 SUMIDA Tomohisa @sumidatomohisa]

@JakeNabel Takuji Abe. 2018. "Proskynēsis: From a Persian Court Protocol to a Greek Religious Practice." https://t.co/JQ1LKbsKk7 A fragmentary stone relief from Dascylium, which is dated to the fifth century, also shows two male figures wearing headgear, ... https://t.co/QyCLJI1aS0

[Cambridge University Press - Archaeology @CambUP_Archaeo]

New Cambridge Element, Language and Script in Achaemenid and Hellenistic Central Asia, by Rachel Mairs, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
https://t.co/SDFplMAGIK
#cambridgeelements #archaeology

[Jake Nabel @JakeNabel]

I'm not sure this is what Cicero had in mind

[Georgy Kantor @GeorgyKantor]

A three-year career development post in Sasanian Studies at Oxford (where we already have a unique associate professorship in the field). https://t.co/t1YjJRx8OE

[اُردی‌بهشت @Ordibehesht_Jal]

اُردی‌بهشت: اشعار گنجور با ظاهر مینیمال و جست‌و‌جوی بهتر

https://t.co/84mNB9HnTH

[Shervin Farridnejad @farridnejad]

Volume 20, the newest volume of our Ancient Iran Series #AIS, co-ed. with @tourajdaryaee by @Brill_ME_Africa is now published:

“Women of the Empire: Life and labor in the Achaemenid Persepolis Archives” by @PuerAchaemenius
Congratulations Yazdan for this fantastic book!

[dg @didemgenc_]

Türkiye’nin en büyüleyici miraslarından biri olan Nemrut Dağı zirvesindeki I. Antiochos heykelini kanaviçe ile yorumladım.⛰️

[Jake Nabel @JakeNabel]

something the current literature on ancient freedom, with its overriding focus on Greece and Rome, either explicitly denies or tells us not to expect.

[Jake Nabel @JakeNabel]

Welp, seems like as bad a time as any to mention that I'm giving a talk on the concept of freedom in ancient Iran at Minnesota on Wed, Apr 1, from 3:30—5pm (Central). It will be Zoomed as well: https://t.co/l6dg5YLbQ6

[Jake Nabel @JakeNabel]

I hope Iranian colleagues will see the talk not as a chauvinistic lecture on the topic, but as an attempt to demonstrate the high valuation of freedom in Iran's ancient past —

[Jake Nabel @JakeNabel]

Huge thanks to Michael Motia for the chance to talk about my book on the New Books in Late Antiquity podcast! It was a really fun conversation

https://t.co/Uc8wb8z9iy

[Shervin Farridnejad @farridnejad]

Djalal Khaleghi Motlagh (1937-2026)

[Jake Nabel @JakeNabel]

A recent article on citizenship regimes in the Greek poleis of the Parthian empire https://t.co/KVJgBhmcZo

[Jake Nabel @JakeNabel]

@Brown_Fravis I'll allow it

[Jake Nabel @JakeNabel]

Not an ultimatum

[Jake Nabel @JakeNabel]

What an impressive young historian!

[Kayhan Life @KayhanLife]

A young Iranian teenager stands before the ruins of Persepolis and delivers a concise, well-structured history lesson in flawless English. His tone is calm and assured, his facts precise—touching on the site’s founding by Darius the Great, its role in Achaemenid ceremonial life, and the architectural significance of its stone reliefs.
What stands out most is not just his command of the material, but the clarity and confidence with which he communicates it, offering viewers a thoughtful and articulate glimpse into one of Iran’s most iconic ancient sites.
https://t.co/fSSlavYtcd
#kayhanlife #persepolis

[Joseph Chenard @joe_chenard]

A beautifully preserved Palmyrene Aramaic inscription on a wooden board which was left standing upright in a cave on the island of Socotra.

[Touraj Daryaee @tourajdaryaee]

درس گفتارهای تاریخ ایران باستان در دوازده جلسه
اگر فقط دوست دارید که درباره تاریخ ایران گوش دهید

https://t.co/3bxFbnOjLM

[Ancient Iran @antiquapersia]

Free ebook: "Man, Landscape, and Society in Arsacid and Sasanian Iran"

see: https://t.co/6ZaFCIcdRz