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Family tree of the Arsacids . The solid lines show parent-to-child lineage and dashed lines indicate a questionable blood relationship or adopted siblings. Official monarchs have their names in bold to distinguish them from pretenders or rival claimants.
The Parthian Empire (/ ˈ p ɑːr θ i ən /), also known as the Arsacid Empire (/ ˈ ɑːr s ə s ɪ d /), was a major Iranian political and cultural power centered in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD.
217 BC. Parthia. Issue. Arsaces II. Father. Phriapites. Religion. Zoroastrianism. Arsaces I ( / ˈɑːrsəsiːz /; from Greek: Ἀρσάκης; in Parthian: 𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊 Aršak) was the first king of Parthia, ruling from 247 BC to 217 BC, as well as the founder and eponym of the Arsacid dynasty of Parthia.
The article contains an analysis of the data on the genealogy of the first Arsacids from the ostrakon No. 1760 of the Nisian Archive. On comparing these data with those from the written sources (Justian and Arrian), the author is able to modify the genealogy established by his predecessors. A comparison of the data from early Parthian history ...
Feb 26, 2018 · The Arsacid (Arshakuni) dynasty of Armenia ruled that kingdom from 12 CE to 428 CE. A branch of the Arsacid dynasty of Parthia, the Armenian princes also played...
It was founded by Arsaces (r. c. 250–211? bc) of the Parni tribe, which originally dwelt east of the Caspian Sea and entered Parthia after the death of Alexander the Great (323 bc ), gradually extending control southward. Arsacid power reached its peak under Mithradates I (r. 171–138 bc ).
The Arsacid Dynasty (Arshakuni Dynasty) ruled the Kingdom of Armenia from 54 to 428. Formerly a branch of the Parthian Arsacids, they became a distinctly Armenian dynasty. [1] Arsacid Kings reigned intermittently throughout the chaotic years following the fall of the Artaxiad Dynasty until 62 when Tiridates I of Armenia secured Arsacid rule in ...
