The Arsacid (Parthian) dynasty rose in northeast Iran around 247 BCE and became Rome’s great rival in the East. For almost five centuries it ruled from the Euphrates to Central Asia, until Ardashir I overthrew the last Parthian king in 224 CE.
| Period | 247 BCE–224 CE |
|---|---|
| Covers | The Arsacid dynasty, rivals of Rome |
Pages in this era
- The Parni and Arsaces I
- Nisa: The First Parthian Capital
- Mithridates I and the Making of an Empire
- Phraates II, Artabanus I and the Saka Invasions
- Mithridates II the Great
- The Parthians and the Silk Road
- Parthian Cavalry: Cataphracts and the Parthian Shot
- Surena and the Battle of Carrhae (53 BCE)
- Orodes II and Prince Pacorus
- Mark Antony’s Parthian War
- Phraates IV and the Peace with Augustus
- Queen Musa of Parthia
- Artabanus II of Parthia
- Gotarzes II and Vardanes: A Royal Rivalry
- Vologases I and the War over Armenia
- Trajan’s Invasion of Parthia
- Osroes I and the Parthian Civil Wars
- Roman Campaigns of the 2nd Century: Lucius Verus and Septimius Severus
- The Last Parthian Kings: Vologases V, Vologases VI and Artabanus IV
- The Fall of the Parthian Empire
- Ctesiphon: Capital of Two Empires
- The Great Houses of Parthia
- Religion and Culture in Parthian Iran
- Parthian Art and Architecture
- Parthian Coins and What They Tell Us
- Hatra: The City that Resisted Rome
- The Parthian Language and Its Records
- The Indo-Parthians and Kushans
- The Parthian Legacy
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