Parthian Empire

The Parthian Empire, also known as the Arsacid Empire, was a major Iranian political and cultural power centered in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces I, who led the Parni tribe in conquering the region of Parthia in Iran's northeast, then a satrapy (province) under Andragoras, who was rebelling against the Seleucid Empire. Mithridates I greatly expanded the empire by seizing Media and Mesopotamia from the Seleucids. At its height, the Parthian Empire stretched from the northern reaches of the Euphrates, in what is now central-eastern Turkey, to present-day Afghanistan and western Pakistan. The empire, located on the Silk Road trade route between the Roman Empire in the Mediterranean Basin and the Han dynasty of China, became a center of trade and commerce.

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Parther reich

Sar-e Pol Parthian relief

Second Bas-Relief at Tengi Saulek, Iran (1845); Clémens August Gregor Peter Ludwig de Bode

Third Bas-Relief at Tengi Saulek, Iran (1845); Clémens August Gregor Peter Ludwig de Bode

First Bas-Relief at Tengi Saulek, Iran (1845); Clémens August Gregor Peter Ludwig de Bode

Second Bas-Relief at Tengi Saulek, Iran (1845); Clémens August Gregor Peter Ludwig de Bode

Third Bas-Relief at Tengi Saulek, Iran (1845); Clémens August Gregor Peter Ludwig de Bode

Parthian silver bowl

Shahanshahi2500YearsAshkanian1

Kogan Cave

• New Evidence of Zoroastrian Iconography of the Late Parthian Period - scientific article published in January 2016, Q1860

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict		Parthian campaigns of Publius Ventidius	Roman Republic, military campaign, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	35	Battle of Praaspa	battle, Roman Republic, Atropatene, Parthian Empire, Kingdom of Armenia, Kingdom of Pontus	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	38	Battle of Amanus Pass	Roman Republic, Parthian Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	38	Battle of the Cilician Gates	battle, Roman Republic, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	39	Battle of Apamea	Roman Republic, Parthian Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	50	Siege of Antioch	Roman Republic, battle, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	52	Battle of Carrhae	Marcus Licinius Crassus, battle, Ancient Rome, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	65	Siege of Artaxata	siege, Kingdom of Armenia, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	128	Battle of Ecbatana	Seleucid Empire, battle, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	208	Battle of Mount Labus	battle, Seleucid Empire, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	211	Anabasis of Antiochus III the Great	Seleucid Empire, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Paropamisadae, military expedition, Kingdom of Sophene, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	163	Siege of Edessa	siege, Ancient Rome, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	165	Battle of Ctesiphon	Roman Empire, Parthian Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	165	Battle of Dura-Europos	Parthian Empire, Roman Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	165	Siege of Edessa	siege, Ancient Rome, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	197	Siege of Hatra	Roman Empire, siege, Parthian Empire, Kingdom of Araba	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	198	Battle of Ctesiphon	Roman Empire, Parthian Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	200	Kanishka's Central Asian campaign	Kushan Empire, Indo-Scythians, military campaign, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	217	Battle of Nisibis	Roman Empire, battle, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	224	Battle of Hormozdgan	battle, Sasanian Empire, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	300	Ardashir I's Kerman campaign	Sasanian Empire, military campaign, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	300	Ardashir I's Southern Iran campaigns	Sasanian Empire, military campaign, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	war	35	Antony's Parthian War	war, Roman Republic, military campaign, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	war	39	Pompeian–Parthian Invasion of 40 BCE	war, Judea, Kingdom of Commagene, military campaign, Ancient Rome, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	war	53	Roman–Persian Wars	Byzantine Empire, Sasanian Empire, Ancient Rome, series of wars, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	war	65	Roman–Parthian Wars	Galatia, Judea, Kingdom of Iberia, Kingdom of Armenia, Sophene, Parthian Empire, Atropatene, Kingdom of Commagene, Ancient Rome, Kingdom of Chalcis, Osroene, series of wars, Kingdom of Araba, Kingdom of Pontus, Nabataean kingdom, Kingdom of Cappadocia	Wikidata
event	war	86	Armenian–Parthian War	war, Corduene, Kingdom of Armenia, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	war	93	Armenian–Parthian War	war, Kingdom of Armenia, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	war	155	Parthian–Greco Bactrian War	war, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	war	237	guerres séleucides-partes	war, Seleucid Empire, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	war	58	Roman–Parthian War of 58–63	war, Kingdom of Armenia, Parthian Empire, Ancient Rome	Wikidata
event	war	115	Trajan's Parthian campaign	war, military campaign, Kingdom of Armenia, Ancient Rome, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	war	130	Kanishka's War with Parthia	war, Kushan Empire, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	war	161	Roman–Parthian War of 161–166	war, Parthian Empire, Ancient Rome	Wikidata
event	war	195	Roman–Parthian War of 195–198	war, Ancient Rome, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
event	war	216	Parthian War of Caracalla	war, military campaign, Roman Empire, Parthian Empire	Wikidata
commons	image		Parther reich		Commons
commons	image		Sar-e Pol Parthian relief		Commons
commons	image		Second Bas-Relief at Tengi Saulek, Iran (1845); Clémens August Gregor Peter Ludwig de Bode		Commons
commons	image		Third Bas-Relief at Tengi Saulek, Iran (1845); Clémens August Gregor Peter Ludwig de Bode		Commons
commons	image		First Bas-Relief at Tengi Saulek, Iran (1845); Clémens August Gregor Peter Ludwig de Bode		Commons
commons	image		Second Bas-Relief at Tengi Saulek, Iran (1845); Clémens August Gregor Peter Ludwig de Bode		Commons
commons	image		Third Bas-Relief at Tengi Saulek, Iran (1845); Clémens August Gregor Peter Ludwig de Bode		Commons
commons	image		Parthian silver bowl		Commons
commons	image		Shahanshahi2500YearsAshkanian1		Commons
commons	image		Kogan Cave		Commons