Despite its Parthian ties, Osroene gradually came under increasing Roman influence. In 114 CE, it was absorbed into the Roman ...

Yorkshire & Philadelphia: Pen & Sword, 2024. Pp. xxvi, 196. Map, chron., notes, biblio., index. £17.50 / $34.95. ISBN: 139906312X ...

Iran, one of the world’s oldest and most influential civilizations, has a rich history that spans over 5,000 years. Located ...

TEHRAN - The Fars province’s sole-surviving Parthian-era stone relief has recently been restored to preserve its historical significance, the provincial tourism chief said on Monday.

Yet despite this overwhelming juggernaut, the empire’s expansion was stopped dead in its tracks by three civilizations that still have strong traditions of fierce independence today.

In contrast, other specialists like Edward Gibbon and Mikhail Rostovtzeff disagree and believe that the Antonine Plague may have influenced the course of the empire but did not determine it, at least ...

In each military conflict warring sides try to copy the successful strategy and tactics of the opposing side. The fashion of heavily armoured Roman cavalry was a direct reflection of the successful ...

The mountain fortress of Rabana-Merquly was an important regional centre of the Parthian Empire, which extended over parts of Iran and Mesopotamia approximately 2,000 years ago. Situated on the ...

The researcher from the Institute of Prehistoric, Protohistoric and Near Eastern Archaeology at Heidelberg University has led excavations at the site for several years. The Rabana-Merquly mountain ...

The mountain fortress of Rabana-Merquly was an important regional centre of the Parthian Empire, which extended over parts of Iran and Mesopotamia approximately 2,000 years ago.

In 1936, while constructing a railway near Baghdad (once part of Iran’s mighty Parthian Empire), workers stumbled upon what appeared to be an ancient battery, now famously known as the Parthian ...