Parthia
an ancient country in W Asia, SE of the Caspian Sea: conquered by the Persians a.d. 226; now a part of NE Iran.
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How to use Parthia in a sentence
The kings of Parthia, too, used to pride themselves upon sharpening the points of their own javelins.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume IV | Aubrey StewartParthian: the soldiers of Parthia were celebrated as horse-archers.
Selections From American Poetry | VariousHe had been forewarned long ago that in Parthia he should die.
Sermons | J. B. LightfootHe was in the south and east of Asia, ended in Parthia, and suffered martyrdom at Nadabar.
Curiosities of Christian History | Croake JamesArtaxerxes, by his valor and conduct, had wrested the sceptre of the East from the ancient royal family of Parthia.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward Gibbon
British Dictionary definitions for Parthia
/ (ˈpɑːθɪə) /
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
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