a sassanian podcast

**KARTLOS** · 12-22-2007, 01:08

i thought some eb'ers might like this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/...20071213.shtml

**pezhetairoi** · 12-22-2007, 01:15

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

**KARTLOS** · 12-22-2007, 01:17

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

**pezhetairoi** · 12-22-2007, 01:42

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** · 12-22-2007, 02:29

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

**pezhetairoi** · 12-22-2007, 02:39

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

**The Persian Cataphract** · 12-22-2007, 02:59

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

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.