Introduction Tony Spawforth; 1. New out of old? Court and court ceremonies in Achaemenid Persia Maria Brosius; 2. King, court and royal representation in the Sasanian empire Josef Wiesehöfer; 3. The court of Alexander the Great between Europe and Asia Tony Spawforth; 4. Friends in high places: the creation of the court of the Roman emperor Jeremy Paterson; 5. The imperial court of the Late Roman Empire, c.AD300–c. AD450 Rowland Smith; 6. The imperial court in Han China Hans van Ess; 7. Court and palace in ancient Egypt: the Amarna period and later Eighteenth Dynasty Kate Spence.

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A. J. S. Spawforth is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Newcastle.

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