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Parthian Empire

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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.

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At the end of the Kushan period, the Empire became much smaller and would have to defend itself from the powerful Sassanid Empire that replaced the Parthian Empire. Source: Internet

Sextus Pompey Parthian Empire Rome's client kingdoms Ptolemaic Egypt The conflict between Octavian and Fulvia caused great political and social unrest throughout Italy. Source: Internet

The Parthian Empire (mostly Western Iranian ) is shown in red, other areas, dominated by Scythia (mostly Eastern Iranian ), in orange. Source: Internet

In planning his invasion of the Parthian Empire, Caracalla decided to equip the men of his army of 16,000 men in the style of Macedonian phalanxes, despite the Roman army having made the Phalanx an obsolete tactical formation. Source: Internet

In this school of thought, Conquest, the white horse's rider, is sometimes identified as a symbol of Parthian forces: Conquest carries a bow, and the Parthian Empire was at that time known for its mounted warriors and their skill with bow and arrow. Source: Internet

The following year he led another, more successful campaign against the Parthian Empire, reportedly in retaliation for the support given to Pescennius Niger. Source: Internet

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