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  • Reign of Arrows. The Rise of the Parthian Empire in the Hellenistic Middle East. Oxford University Press, 2023. 392p. Paperback. Series: OXFORD STUDIES IN EARLY EMPIRES SERIES. Overtoom provides a close reading of classical sources and a painstaking evaluation of current research to provide a coherent narrative thread to these shadowy shahs who ruled Iran in the last two centuries BC, and who successfully rivalled the Seleucids and the Romans as the hegemonic power of the region. David Chaffetz, Asian Review of Books |a 14/02/2023 (Publisher's information). € 35.99 (New)  (approx. delivery time: 14 days) ISBN: 9780197680223