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Parthian Empire en · PROPN

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Meanings

1. (historical) An ancient empire of West 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.
   • He not only seized former Seleucid Iran, but added Mesopotamia to the Parthian Empire. 1993, Michael Pfrommer, Metalwork from the Hellenized East: Catalogue of the Collections, Getty Publications, page 1:
   • Mithridates, who was one of Arsaces' successors, conquered Persia, Mesopotamia and Armenia, thereby founding the Parthian Empire. 2005, Angelina Chavez Irapta, Cecilio D. Duka, Introduction to Asia: History, Culture, and Civilization, Rex Book Store, page 39:
   • 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.
   • 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. 2014, Philip Matyszak, The Roman Empire, Oneworld Publications, page 143:

Relateds

Arsacid dynasty

Synonyms

Arsacid Empire (ancient empire of West Asia)

Translations (51)

uk Парфійське царство (ancient empire of West Asia) · sv Partiska riket (ancient empire of West Asia) · et Partia riik (ancient empire of West Asia) · eu Partiar Inperioa (ancient empire of West Asia) · ru Парфянское царство (ancient empire of West Asia) · ja パルティア帝国 (ancient empire of West Asia) · pl Królestwo Pártow (ancient empire of West Asia) · hu Pártus Birodalom (ancient empire of West Asia) · hy Պարթևական թագավորություն (ancient empire of West Asia) · nl Parthische Rijk (ancient empire of West Asia) · mk Партско Царство (ancient empire of West Asia) · es Imperio parto (ancient empire of West Asia) · pt Império Parta (ancient empire of West Asia) · ar الْإِمْبَرَاطُورِيَّةُ الْأَرْشَكِيَّة (ancient empire of West Asia) · az Parfiya İmperiyası (ancient empire of West Asia) · ko 파르티아 제국 (ancient empire of West Asia) · sh Партско царство (ancient empire of West Asia) · hy Պարթևական տերություն (ancient empire of West Asia) · mr पार्थियन साम्राज्य (ancient empire of West Asia) · th จักรวรรดิพาร์เธีย (ancient empire of West Asia) · sl Partsko cesarstvo (ancient empire of West Asia) · lv Partas valsts (ancient empire of West Asia) · cmn 安息帝國 /安息帝国 (ancient empire of West Asia) · ml പാർത്തിയൻ സാമ്രാജ്യം (ancient empire of West Asia) · fa امپراتوری پارتها (ancient empire of West Asia) · ar الْإِمْبَرَاطُورِيَّةُ الْفَرْثِيَّة (ancient empire of West Asia) · sq Perandoria e Part'it (ancient empire of West Asia) · be Парфянскае царства (ancient empire of West Asia) · fr Empire parthe (ancient empire of West Asia) · fi Parthian valtakunta (ancient empire of West Asia) · lt Partų karalystė (ancient empire of West Asia) · sk Partská ríša (ancient empire of West Asia) · ca Imperi Part (ancient empire of West Asia) · el Παρθική αυτοκρατορία (ancient empire of West Asia) · cs Parthská říše (ancient empire of West Asia) · ka პართიის სამეფო (ancient empire of West Asia) · da Partherriget (ancient empire of West Asia) · nb Partherriket (ancient empire of West Asia) · it Impero partico (ancient empire of West Asia) · ro Imperiul Part (ancient empire of West Asia) · tr Part İmparatorluğu (ancient empire of West Asia) · sh Partsko carstvo (ancient empire of West Asia) · bg Партско царство (ancient empire of West Asia) · hi पहलवी साम्राज्य (ancient empire of West Asia) · ta பார்த்தியப் பேரரசு (ancient empire of West Asia) · de Partherreich (ancient empire of West Asia) · bn পার্থিয়ান সাম্রাজ্য (ancient empire of West Asia) · vi Đế quốc Parthia (ancient empire of West Asia) · he האימפריה הפרתית (ancient empire of West Asia) · fa شاهنشاهی اشکانی (ancient empire of West Asia) · nn Partharriket (ancient empire of West Asia)