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Arsaces I

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[ahr-suh-seez, ahr-sey-seez] / ˈɑr səˌsiz, ɑrˈseɪ siz /

noun

  1. founder of the Parthian empire c250 b.c.


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A later tradition, preserved by Arrian, derives Arsaces I. and Tiridates from the Achaemenian king Artaxerxes II., but this has evidently no historical value.

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If the Parthian monarchy owed its origin to Arsaces I., it owed its consolidation, and settled establishment to Arsaces II., or Tiridates.

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Character of Mithridates I. The Parthian institutions possessed great simplicity; and it is probable that they took a shape in the reign of Arsaces I., or, at any rate, of Tiridates, which was not greatly altered afterwards.

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