Zazaki as a Parthoid language
By Varan Alan This work provides a comprehensive compilation of current research by renowned scholars focused on the [...]
Vis and Ramin – A Parthian Tale
Vis and Ramin A classic from the 1st century of the Arsacid Empire is the love fairy tale "Vis u [...]
Y-DNA R1a – it’s Historic Connections
The Y-DNA haplogroup R1a is a thread woven through the tapestry of human history. It is one of the most widespread paternal [...]
Introduction Mithra-Varuna
The worship of Mithra and Varuna is deeply intertwined, with many scholars suggesting that they were originally two aspects of the [...]
King Arthus and the Sarmatian Warriors
The saga of King Arthur is a legendary tale that has been passed down through generations, combining elements of history, myth, [...]
The Parthians
The Parthians (Latin: Parthi, Iranian: Pehlewan/Pahlawan/Pahlewan) were a people in the Greater region of Westen and Central Asia, who spoke a Northwest Iranian language. [...]
Roman-Parthian Wars
While Roman Republic was dealing with the last remnants of its great enemies; Macedonia and Carthage in the Third Punic and [...]
The Coup of Ardashir
The end of the Arsacids marked the rise of the Parthian noble houses and a new Eranian dynasty from the South. [...]
Parthian-Pontic Alliance and Armenia as Parthian Vasall State
In the struggle between the two great empires of the Romans and Parthians, some states were able to maintain their existence, [...]
The Seven Parthian Houses
Eranian regions and cities were ruled by powerful Parthian houses, during the Arsacid, as also during the Partho-Sasanian confederation in which [...]
Parthia Ultima – The Parthian Invasion of the Levant and Anatolia
The untold story about the greatest extent of the Arsacid Parthian empire, when the empire extended to the Levant and Anatolia. [...]
Frahāt II and Ardawān I – Two Fronts
Following the expansions of the territories of the Parthian Empire, it was necessary to defend them. The era of Mihrdāt I [...]
Aškan II, Friapāt and Frahāt I
The reign after Aškān I is poorly documented. However, out of the sources and information at hand, we can gain important [...]
Imperial (Arsacid) Parthian Literature
Although the Parthians followed a tradition of oral literature, some of their tales, myths and legends from the Arsacid Parthian era [...]
The Cousins of the Parthians
In order to understand the whole Parthian history and to place the many different tribes and peoples during a large period [...]
Arsacid-Parthian Expansion and Development
The Arsacid-Parthian expansion is of great importance in the whole Parthian existence. It inevitably contributed to a global Parthian culture, which [...]
The Last Arsacid King Ardawān IV.
In the weakest time of the empire, the last Arsacid Parthian King was busy fighting Roman armies. But he lost to [...]
Fundamentals of the Parthian Statehood
The fact that a king of kings (Šahanšah) held office among the Parthians often leads to an equation of Parthian-Eranic rule [...]
Mihrdāt II – The Greatest Parthian Šahanšah
Mihrdāt II heralded a new era for the Parthians. His 35-year reign is considered the most stable and, from an imperial [...]
Mihrdāt I
Mihrdāt I is one of the most important Arsacid-Parthian kings. He continued the expansion of Aškān I and raised the Arsacid [...]
Parthian Army
The Parthians led their army according to Eranian and Mithraist tradition, which was more similar to the Sarmatians and other nomadic [...]
Aškān I and the Arsacid Parthian Empire
The Parthian Empire which was established by the Arsacids was not simply one of many Eranian empires. The Parthian state introduced [...]
On the Parthian People
The Parthians are basically considered in the historiography only as the Arsacid Parthians. But this view is both outdated and wrong. The [...]
