Apocalyptic Imagery and Royal Propaganda in Khosrow II’s Letter to the Byzantine Emperor Maurice

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The meaning of history entails speculations on time and existence referred to a social environment with its political institutions. Troubles and crisis enhance angst and fear for obscure times and for the end of the times: eschatological and apocalyptic conceptions reveal the pessimistic perception of the history (wars, famine, deportations, diseases) and the religious attempt to find a response of hope and salvation. The apocalyptic imagery in pre-Islamic Iran shows a device of cultural protection of the Sasanian society and kingship; and gives evidence of the making of political speech to endorse the legitimacy of the ruling classes (kingship and aristocracy)

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