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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.
Parthian shot
Parting remark, often sharply critical.
parthian kingdom
parthian arrow
Parting shot; final, impactful remark.
parthian shots
Parthian language
The Parthian language, also known as Arsacid Pahlavi and Pahlawānīg, is an extinct ancient Northwestern Iranian language once spoken in Parthia, a region situated in present-day northeastern Iran and Turkmenistan.
Trajan's Parthian campaign
engaged by Roman emperor Trajan in 115 against the Parthian Empire in Mesopotamia.
Parthian war of Caracalla
an unsuccessful campaign by the Roman Empire under Caracalla against the Parthian Empire in 216–17 AD.
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