Parthians

Hegmataneh, or Ecbatana, is an ancient site linked to the capital of the Medes and later used as a summer capital by the Achaemenids and Parthians.

In the Orchard Health Group First Division, there were 6-0 wins for Invaders, Holland Fen, Strollers, Nomads and Golfers, while Parthians beat 4-2, leaving the top seven places in the table unchanged.

It was used by champions to defeat overwhelming favorites, like the Parthians did against Rome.

For centuries, two empires—the Romans and the Parthians—faced each other at the crossroads of the Middle East, on a line extending roughly from the Euphrates River northeastward into Armenia.

About his Eastern Lands, he wrote "think of Saracens, Arabs, Parthians, Assyrians even.

Appian, The Civil Wars, Book 5, 69 While Octavian wanted an end to the ongoing blockade of Italy, Antony sought peace in the West in order to make the Triumvirate's legions available for his service in his planned campaign against the Parthians.

Armstrong, p. 126 The Romans hoped to use Herod as a bulwark against the Parthians in the coming campaign.

Because they needed to control the Persian Gulf trade route, the Parthians established garrisons along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf.

Birley, "Hadrian to the Antonines", 163, citing Prosopographia Imperii Romani 2 M 169. The Parthians retreated to Nisibis, but this too was besieged and captured.

Bivar (1983), p. 55. A story later emerged to the effect that after Crassus' death, the Parthians poured molten gold into his mouth as a symbol of his thirst for wealth.

Eck (2003), 96. To ensure security of the Empire's eastern flank, Augustus stationed a Roman army in Syria, while his skilled stepson Tiberius negotiated with the Parthians as Rome's diplomat to the East.

Edessa was re-occupied, and Mannus, the king deposed by the Parthians, was re-installed.

In 139 BC, Demetrius II was defeated in battle by the Parthians and was captured.

Intense trade with the Roman Empire soon followed, confirmed by the Roman craze for Chinese silk (supplied through the Parthians), even though the Romans thought silk was obtained from trees.

Mesopotamia became a battleground between the Romans and Parthians, with parts of Mesopotamia coming under ephemeral Roman control.

Moreover, if heredity were the only factor in a determination of ethnicity, the Parsis would count as Parthians according to the Qissa-i Sanjan.

Moving to intercept the Parthians with only the troops at his immediate disposal, he was ambushed and killed.

Parthians and Sassanids would later add their own modifications to the original Achaemenid design.

Parthians were also particularly associated with white horses.

Roman rule lasted only a few years, and the Parthians once more regained control with the help of the Assyrians, who were incited to overthrow the Roman garrisons by the Parthian king.