Meanings
- historicalAn ancient empire of West Asia founded as a kingdom by Arsaces I with his 3rd-century-BCE conquest of Parthia (only recently a satrapy of the Seleucid Empire) and subsequently greatly expanded by Mithridates I.
The Parthian Empire became involved in an extended period of conflict with the Roman Republic and Empire that lasted for three centuries, until the latter eventually prevailed.
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He not only seized former Seleucid Iran, but added Mesopotamia to the Parthian Empire.
1993, Michael Pfrommer, Metalwork from the Hellenized East: Catalogue of the Collections, Getty Publications, page 1Mithridates, who was one of Arsaces' successors, conquered Persia, Mesopotamia and Armenia, thereby founding the Parthian Empire.
2005, Angelina Chavez Irapta, Cecilio D. Duka, Introduction to Asia: History, Culture, and Civilization, Rex Book Store, page 39The plague contributed to the subsequent weakness of the Roman Empire and killed at least one emperor: Claudius Gothicus, who died in 270. The effect on the Parthian Empire is unrecorded but presumably was equally debilitating.
2014, Philip Matyszak, The Roman Empire, Oneworld Publications, page 143Synonyms: Arsacid Empire
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn ancient empire of West Asia founded as a kingdom by Arsaces I with his 3rd-century-BCE conquest of Parthia (only recently a satrapy of the Seleucid Empire) and subsequently greatly expanded by Mithridates I.
Translations
Arabic الْإِمْبَرَاطُورِيَّةُ الْفَرْثِيَّة, الْإِمْبَرَاطُورِيَّةُ الْأَرْشَكِيَّة
- الْإِمْبَرَاطُورِيَّةُ الْفَرْثِيَّة (al-ʔimbarāṭūriyyatu l-farṯiyya)ancient empire of West Asia
- الْإِمْبَرَاطُورِيَّةُ الْأَرْشَكِيَّة (al-ʔimbarāṭūriyyatu l-ʔaršakiyya)ancient empire of West Asia
Basque Partiar Inperioa
- Partiar Inperioaancient empire of West Asia
Bengali পার্থিয়ান সাম্রাজ্য
- পার্থিয়ান সাম্রাজ্য (parthiẏan śamrajjo)ancient empire of West Asia
Bulgarian Партско царство
- Партско царство (Partsko carstvo)ancient empire of West Asia
Catalan Imperi Part
- Imperi Partancient empire of West Asia
Chinese Mandarin 安息帝國 /安息帝国
- 安息帝國 /安息帝国 (ānxīdìguó)ancient empire of West Asia
Czech Parthská říše
- Parthská říšeancient empire of West Asia
Danish Partherriget
- Partherrigetancient empire of West Asia
Dutch Parthische Rijk
- Parthische Rijkancient empire of West Asia
Estonian Partia riik
- Partia riikancient empire of West Asia
Finnish Parthian valtakunta
- Parthian valtakuntaancient empire of West Asia
French Empire parthe
- Empire partheancient empire of West Asia
German Partherreich
- Partherreichancient empire of West Asia
Greek Παρθική αυτοκρατορία
- Παρθική αυτοκρατορία (Parthikí aftokratoría)ancient empire of West Asia
Hebrew האימפריה הפרתית
- האימפריה הפרתית (ha-imperiya ha-partit)ancient empire of West Asia
Hindi पहलवी साम्राज्य
- पहलवी साम्राज्य (pahalvī sāmrājya)ancient empire of West Asia
Hungarian Pártus Birodalom
- Pártus Birodalomancient empire of West Asia
Italian Impero partico
- Impero particoancient empire of West Asia
Japanese パルティア帝国
- パルティア帝国 (Paruteia-teikoku)ancient empire of West Asia
Korean 파르티아 제국
- 파르티아 제국 (pareutia jeguk)ancient empire of West Asia
Latvian Partas valsts
- Partas valstsancient empire of West Asia
Lithuanian Partų karalystė
- Partų karalystėancient empire of West Asia
Norwegian Bokmål Partherriket
- Partherriketancient empire of West Asia
Persian شاهنشاهی اشکانی, امپراتوری پارتها
- شاهنشاهی اشکانی (šâhanšâhi-ye aškâni)ancient empire of West Asia
- امپراتوری پارتها (emperâturi-ye pârt-hâ)ancient empire of West Asia
Polish Królestwo Pártow
- Królestwo Pártowancient empire of West Asia
Portuguese Império Parta
- Império Partaancient empire of West Asia
Romanian Imperiul Part
- Imperiul Partancient empire of West Asia
Russian Парфянское царство
- Парфянское царство (Parfjanskoje carstvo)ancient empire of West Asia
Slovak Partská ríša
- Partská ríšaancient empire of West Asia
Spanish Imperio parto
- Imperio partoancient empire of West Asia
Swedish Partiska riket
- Partiska riketancient empire of West Asia
Tamil பார்த்தியப் பேரரசு
- பார்த்தியப் பேரரசு (pārttiyap pēraracu)ancient empire of West Asia
Thai จักรวรรดิพาร์เธีย
- จักรวรรดิพาร์เธีย (jàk-krà-wàt pàr-tiia)ancient empire of West Asia
Turkish Part İmparatorluğu
- Part İmparatorluğuancient empire of West Asia
Ukrainian Парфійське царство
- Парфійське царство (Parfijsʹke carstvo)ancient empire of West Asia
Vietnamese Đế quốc Parthia
- Đế quốc Parthiaancient empire of West Asia
Cite this entry
Parthian Empire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Parthian%20Empire
“Parthian Empire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Parthian%20Empire. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Parthian Empire,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Parthian%20Empire.
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