Arsacid

Examples of Arsacid in the following topics:

• Break from the Seleucid Empire and Rise of the Parthian Empire

  • The Parthian Empire was also called the Arsacid Empire, after the Arscaid dynasty.
  • As the heirs to the Achaemenid Empire, the Arsacid rulers titled themselves the "King of Kings. " The earliest enemies of the Parthians were the Seleucids in the west and the Scythians in the east.

• Dura-Europos

  • During the late second century BC it came under Parthian control and in the first century BC, it served as a frontier fortress of the Arsacid Parthian Empire.