a sassanian podcast

[KARTLOS]

i thought some eb'ers might like this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20071213.shtml

[pezhetairoi]

Very nice, very nice. Thank you for bringing this to our attention! I'm listening to it now.

[KARTLOS]

its generally a great series you can listen to asnything from the archives, lots of history programs.

[pezhetairoi]

Yeah, i was looking through it. Pity there isn't much more of ancient history there, mainly medieval as it seems to me...

[The Persian Cataphract]

The only real authority in that podcast is actually Vesta Sarkhosh-Curtis... She actually pawns the two other tools who probably skim-read Wikipedia or something; One of the putzes downplays the Parthian legacy with common misconceptions, only to be corrected by Vesta who emphasizes a rather accurate picture of a general Partho-Sassanian culture, and how the Sassanians could not exist without the Parthians.

Nice find though :yes:

[pezhetairoi]

I was wondering when you'd post, Persian. XD the title was guaranteed to draw you.

[The Persian Cataphract]

Around 26-27 minutes when they speak of scarcity of native records... They kind of chicken out... :shrug:

There is a brief (Read: Very brief) mention of burned literature, but no context was given. There is a brief recap at 32:00-40:00, but again it's a pretty chicken-hearted atmosphere, and it's obvious that people are holding back. Given that it is a controversial subject, but the question on scarcity of native literati went basically unanswered.

[Severian Huizi]

In Our Time is a fantastic radio program in general.