Parthian Empire

The Arsacid horse-archer empire that matched Rome for five centuries on the Euphrates frontier.

Specifications & Metrics

era

247 BC – 224 AD

region

Persia / Mesopotamia

Core Principles & Analysis

• The Arsacid dynasty ruled from Ctesiphon after displacing the Seleucids.
• Carrhae in 53 BC showed its horse archers could destroy Roman legions.
• The empire fell to the Sasanian Ardashir I in 224.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Parthian Empire