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Parthia

a country in ancient Asia, southeast of the Caspian Sea, that expanded into a great empire dominating SW Asia in the 2nd century bc. It was destroyed by the Sassanids in the 3rd century ad
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The era after Seleucid had decentralized structure in which tribal societies had Parthia at its center and had made Parthians rule over vast part of Archaemenid territory.
Peter Damm's edition of this parthia by Johann Matthias Sperger offers a new work to the body of music for less common woodwind chamber groups.
Hatra is a relatively small area situated between Parthia and Rome, which has become one of the richest archeological sites in the world.
James Ferguson, "Rome and Parthia: Power Politics and Diplomacy Across Cultural Frontiers" (2005).
Other falsifications include claims that the word "Parthia" or "Persia" has evolved from Pashtana, Pakhtana and Paktiana.
How the jar and its two parchment copies of Thomas' words came to Resafa is unclear, but it is thought to have been on its way from Thomas' place of exile in Parthia to Egypt or the mystic communities west of the Jordan.
Lastly, one would imagine that membership of the elite society in Rome also entailed taking part in discussions of current political affairs with patrons and other wealthy citizens, hence the references to legislation (2.7), the imminent invasion of Parthia (2.14) and the new buildings on the Palatine (2.31).
But Crassus clearly felt that he knew best; when the Armenian king told him that the best way of campaigning against Parthia was to move through the hills and high ground to reduce the effect of the Parthians' cavalry, Crassus laughed.
As we all know, however, Parthia was not to be found immediately to the east of the river Don.