• Pierre Briant (born 30 September 1940 in Angers) is a French Iranologist, Professor of History and Civilisation of the Achaemenid World and the Empire...
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  • Germaine Briant (1903-2005), an American couple married for 83 years Michael E. Briant (born 1942), a British television director Pierre Briant (born 1940)...
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    K. Hoffmann. "AVESTAN LANGUAGE I-III". Retrieved 14 January 2011. Pierre., Briant (2006). From Cyrus to Alexander : a history of the Persian Empire....
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    that he or his son were ever kings is rejected by historians such as Pierre Briant. In an inscription allegedly found in Hamadan he is called "king of...
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    Their various version have points of agreement and divergence. See Pierre Briant, From Cyrus to Alexander, 563-567 for a review and summary. Thucydides...
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    Xerxes as a major figure. Some of Herodotus' information is spurious. Pierre Briant has accused him of presenting a stereotyped and biased portrayal of...
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    leaders, such as Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Thomas Jefferson. Pierre Briant wrote that given the poor information we have, "it seems quite reckless...
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    of the code in which the author identifies himself exists. Historian Pierre Briant points out that the recent discovery of a customs memorandum from Egypt...
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    tomb of the mummified Amasis and ordered the mummy burned. However, Pierre Briant concludes that Herodotus' recorded information regarding Cambyses' actions...
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    by Alexander under his own rule, he, in the words of the Iranologist Pierre Briant "may therefore be considered to have acted in many ways as the last...
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    story created by Darius to justify his own usurpation. Iranologist Pierre Briant hypothesises that Bardiya was not killed by Cambyses, but waited until...
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  • century BC, Anshan became its own independent kingdom under Teispes. Pierre Briant places the formation of the kingdom of Anshan in this context, and dates...
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    prominent power in the Near East. According to the French Iranologist Pierre Briant, "this must not be seen as a more or less irrational and uncontrollable...
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    Hystaspes was the satrap of Persis, although the French Iranologist Pierre Briant states that this is an error. Richard Stoneman likewise considers Herodotus's...
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    from Iran From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire; Pierre Briant Religion and Culture of Iran before Zaratostra [Persian]; Razi Hashem...
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  • Gershevitch (ed). Cambridge University Press, 1993. ISBN 0-521-20091-1 Briant, Pierre. From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire, p. 362. Eisenbrauns...
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  • in Military History. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4930-3746-9. Pierre, Briant (2002). From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. Pennsylvania...
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    Alexander the Great in the fourth century. Francfort, Henri-Paul (1984). "Pierre Briant : État et pasteurs au Moyen-Orient ancien". Bulletin de l'École française...
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    and his supporters, as the Battle of Opis demonstrated. Iranologist Pierre Briant comments that "it is doubtful that even before the fall of [Babylon]...
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    Theology, & Culture. Sage Publications. pp. 202–. ISBN 978-1-4129-4164-8. Pierre Briant (2002). From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. Eisenbrauns...
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    Cambridge University Press. p. 101. ISBN 9780521011099. Briant, Pierre (2002). Pierre Briant (ed.). From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian...
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  • Arheologija i prirodne nauke. 18: 11–22. doi:10.18485/arhe_apn.2022.18.1. Pierre Briant, From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. Especially...
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    Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017. Pierre Briant (2002). From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. Eisenbrauns...
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    suggests that Memnon's advice was an invention by Arrian and Diodorus. Pierre Briant argues that even if the debate took place as described, the relevance...
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  • Persian Anušiya-." In: Achemenet. Vingt Ans Apres: Etudes Offertes a Pierre Briant a L'occasion Des Vingt Ans Du Programme Achemenet. Edited by Agut-Labordère...
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    ancient Persia at war. Osprey Publishing. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-84603-108-3. Pierre Briant (2006). From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. Eisenbrauns...
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    and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr by Henry Cary, page 236 Pierre Briant, From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire, p. 123 Kuhrt...
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  • Written Language & Literacy. 9(1): 7–24. ISSN 1387-6732 2002 translation: Pierre Briant. From Cyrus to Alexander. A History of the Persian Empire. Eisenbrauns...
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  • Great Kings. London: Headline Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-5416-0035-5. Pierre Briant (January 2002). "chapter 15, Artaxeres I (405/404 - 359/358) and Artaxeres...
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  • Cambridge University Press. p. 101. ISBN 9780521011099. Briant, Pierre (2002). Pierre Briant (ed.). From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian...
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