Parthian Empire
English
Timeline of the Parthian Empire
Proper noun
Parthian Empire
- (historical) An ancient empire of Western Asia founded as a kingdom by Arsaces I with his 3rd-century-BCE conquest of Parthia (only recently a satrapy of the Seleucid Empire) and subsequently greatly expanded by Mithridates I.
- The Parthian Empire became involved in an extended period of conflict with the Roman Republic and Empire that lasted for three centuries, until the latter eventually prevailed.
- 1993, Michael Pfrommer, Metalwork from the Hellenized East: Catalogue of the Collections, Getty Publications, page 1,
- He not only seized former Seleucid Iran, but added Mesopotamia to the Parthian Empire.
- 2005, Angelina Chavez Irapta, Cecilio D. Duka, Introduction to Asia: History, Culture, and Civilization, Rex Book Store, page 39,
- Mithridates, who was one of Arsaces' successors, conquered Persia, Mesopotamia and Armenia, thereby founding the Parthian Empire.
- 2014, Philip Matyszak, The Roman Empire, Oneworld Publications, page 143,
- The plague contributed to the subsequent weakness of the Roman Empire and killed at least one emperor: Claudius Gothicus, who died in 270. The effect on the Parthian Empire is unrecorded but presumably was equally debilitating.
Synonyms
- (ancient empire of Western Asia): Arsacid Empire
Translations
ancient empire of Western Asia
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See also
- Arsacid dynasty
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