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What does Parthia mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (historical) A region in northeastern Iran.
  2. The empire ruled by dynasts from Parthia; Parthian Empire; Arsacid Empire.
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This represented an adjustment of Roman foreign policy in the east, where independent client kings had always been imposed on this buffer state with Parthia.
Pacorus, the son of Orodes, the King of Parthia, has been killed in order to revenge the death of Marcus Crassus.
The earliest examples of written Pahlavi are on coins and inscriptions found at Susa, the Achaemenian administrative capital, and in Dura-Europus, a city ruled by Parthia from approximately 100 bce to 165 ce.
They besieged and captured the place after defeating the greatest force that Parthia could bring into the field against them.
He accomplished this largely with local levies and displayed Roman power to the eastern kingdoms, including Parthia.
The former says that the name of the place was Thara in Parthia, where the king was arrested.

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