Parthia

[ pahr-thee-uh ]

noun

1. 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

1. 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

Example Sentences

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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