Parthian Empire

English right|thumb|300px|Timeline of the Parthian Empire Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Parthian Empire.wav Southern England Proper noun Parthian Empire en 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. en 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. en 1993 Michael Pfrommer Metalwork from the Hellenized East: Catalogue of the Collections Getty Publications https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UblDAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=%22Parthian+Empire%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwinpNCynpPjAhWW6nMBHWQLDQEQ6AEI4AEwJQ#v=onepage&q=%22Parthian%20Empire%22&f=false 1 He not only seized former Seleucid Iran, but added Mesopotamia to the Parthian Empire. en 2005 Angelina Chavez Irapta; Cecilio D. Duka Introduction to Asia: History, Culture, and Civilization Rex Book Store https://books.google.com.au/books?id=wLnUSsGSWFYC&pg=PA39&dq=%22Parthian+Empire%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwinpNCynpPjAhWW6nMBHWQLDQEQ6AEIogEwGQ#v=onepage&q=%22Parthian%20Empire%22&f=false 39 Mithridates, who was one of Arsaces' successors, conquered Persia, Mesopotamia and Armenia, thereby founding the Parthian Empire. en 2014 Philip Matyszak The Roman Empire Oneworld Publications https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ncBpAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA143&dq=%22Parthian+Empire%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwinpNCynpPjAhWW6nMBHWQLDQEQ6AEInAEwGA#v=onepage&q=%22Parthian%20Empire%22&f=false 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 West Asia en Arsacid Empire Translations ancient empire of West Asia Albanian: sq Perandoria e Part'it Arabic: ar الْإِمْبَرَاطُورِيَّةُ الْفَرْثِيَّة f, ar الْإِمْبَرَاطُورِيَّةُ الْأَرْشَكِيَّة f Armenian: hy Պարթևական թագավորություն, hy Պարթևական տերություն Azerbaijani: az Parfiya İmperiyası Basque: eu Partiar Inperioa Belarusian: be Парфянскае царства n Bengali: bn পার্থিয়ান সাম্রাজ্য Bulgarian: bg Партско царство n Catalan: ca Imperi Part m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 安息帝國 ānxīdìguó Czech: cs Parthská říše f Danish: da Partherriget n Dutch: nl Parthische Rijk n Estonian: et Partia riik Finnish: fi Parthian valtakunta French: fr Empire parthe m Georgian: ka პართიის სამეფო German: de Partherreich n Greek: el Παρθική αυτοκρατορία f Hebrew: he האימפריה הפרתית f ha-imperiya ha-partit Hindi: hi पहलवी साम्राज्य Hungarian: hu Pártus Birodalom Italian: it Impero partico m Japanese: ja パルティア帝国 Paruteia-teikoku Korean: ko 파르티아 제국 Latvian: lv Partas valsts m Lithuanian: lt Partų karalystė f Macedonian: mk Партско Царство n Malayalam: ml പാർത്തിയൻ സാമ്രാജ്യം Marathi: mr पार्थियन साम्राज्य Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Partherriket n Nynorsk: nn Partharriket n Persian: fa شاهنشاهی اشکانی šâhanšâhi-ye aškâni, fa امپراتوری پارت‌ها emperâturi-ye pârt-hâ Polish: pl Królestwo Pártow n Portuguese: pt Império Parta m Romanian: ro Imperiul Part n Russian: ru Парфянское царство n Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Партско царство n Latin: sh Partsko carstvo n Slovak: sk Partská ríša f Slovene: sl Partsko cesarstvo n Spanish: es Imperio parto m Swedish: sv Partiska riket n Tamil: ta பார்த்தியப் பேரரசு Thai: th จักรวรรดิพาร์เธีย jàk-krà-wàt pàr-tiia Turkish: tr Part İmparatorluğu Ukrainian: uk Парфійське царство n Vietnamese: vi Đế quốc Parthia See also en Arsacid dynasty Further reading Parni Arsaces I of Parthia Mithridates I of Parthia History of Iran Roman–Parthian Wars Arsacid dynasty of Armenia Arsacid dynasty of Iberia Arsacid dynasty of Caucasian Albania en Former polities