The Parthians
An Empire on the Rise
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23490091 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Edwell (0000-0003-0932-3001, Macquarie University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 369-386 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Oxford Handbook of the Hellenistic and Roman near East (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190858155.013.67 |
| OpenAlex | W4409664963 |
| ISBN | 9780190858155 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
The rise of the Parthian Empire had significant ramifications and implications for the history of the Hellenistic and Roman Near East. This chapter focuses primarily on the development of the Parthian Empire from the reign of Mithradates I through to the reign of Vologaeses I (ad 51–78) when the impact of the Parthian imperial expansion was felt most dramatically by the Seleucids and Romans in the Near East. The reign of Vologaeses saw Rome and Parthia come to a long-term arrangement over Armenia, and the agreement became a baseline of negotiations between the two powers for centuries. The chapter also makes some broad observations on the structure of the Parthian Empire and the extent to which previously negative historical perspectives about the Parthians have changed in recent scholarship.
Ancient Near East History · Byzantine Studies and History · Computer Science · Eurasian Exchange Networks
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |