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Parthia
[ pahr-thee-uh ]
noun
- an ancient country in W Asia, SE of the Caspian Sea: conquered by the Persians a.d. 226; now a part of NE Iran.
Parthia
/ ˈpɑːθɪə /
noun
- 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 kings of Parthia, too, used to pride themselves upon sharpening the points of their own javelins.
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Parthian: the soldiers of Parthia were celebrated as horse-archers.
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He had been forewarned long ago that in Parthia he should die.
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He was in the south and east of Asia, ended in Parthia, and suffered martyrdom at Nadabar.
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Artaxerxes, by his valor and conduct, had wrested the sceptre of the East from the ancient royal family of Parthia.
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