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The δίφρος was a footstool, which the Great King and his representatives in the field used, when stepping from a chariot (so Dinon in Athen. 514 a); others (e. g. Rawlinson) translate ‘litter’; cf. Dio, c. 60. 2 (it was introduced by Claudius into Roman ceremonial). The present participle may imply that these Persians had the right to use a δίφρος, not that they were actually using them. Others, again, explain it by the θρόνους of c. 144.

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