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== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16864" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16864" /> == | ||
<p> Is supposed to have been originally a province of Media, on its eastern side, which was raised into a distinct kingdom by Arsaces, B. C. 250. It soon extended itself over a great part of the ancient [[Persian]] Empire, and is frequently put for that empire in Scripture, and other ancient writings. [[Parthia]] maintained itself against all aggressors for nearly five hundred years, and was not subjugated even by the Romans; but in A. D. 226, one of the descendants of the ancient Persian kings united it to his empire, and [[Persia]] resumed it former name and dynasty. </p> <p> The [[Parthians]] were celebrated, especially by the poets, for a peculiarity of their mode of fighting on horseback, which consisted in discharging their arrows while they fled. They would seem to have borne no very distant resemblance to the modern Cossacks. It is said the Parthians were either refugees or exiles from the [[Scythian]] nations. [[Jews]] and proselytes from among them were present at [[Jerusalem]] at the Pentecost, Acts 2:9 . </p> | <p> Is supposed to have been originally a province of Media, on its eastern side, which was raised into a distinct kingdom by Arsaces, [[B.]] [[C.]] 250. It soon extended itself over a great part of the ancient [[Persian]] Empire, and is frequently put for that empire in Scripture, and other ancient writings. [[Parthia]] maintained itself against all aggressors for nearly five hundred years, and was not subjugated even by the Romans; but in [[A.]] [[D.]] 226, one of the descendants of the ancient Persian kings united it to his empire, and [[Persia]] resumed it former name and dynasty. </p> <p> The [[Parthians]] were celebrated, especially by the poets, for a peculiarity of their mode of fighting on horseback, which consisted in discharging their arrows while they fled. They would seem to have borne no very distant resemblance to the modern Cossacks. It is said the Parthians were either refugees or exiles from the [[Scythian]] nations. [[Jews]] and proselytes from among them were present at [[Jerusalem]] at the Pentecost, Acts 2:9 . </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16403" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16403" /> == | ||
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77692" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77692" /> == | ||
<p> An ancient country corresponding to Northern Persia; was inhabited by a people of Scythian origin, who adopted the Aryan speech and manners, and subsequently yielded much to Greek influence; after being tributary successively to Assyria, Media, Persia, Alexander the Great, and Syria, they set up an independent kingdom in 250 B.C. In two great contests with Rome they made the empire respect their prowess; between 53 and 36 B.C. they defeated [[Crassus]] in Mesopotamia, conquered | <p> An ancient country corresponding to Northern Persia; was inhabited by a people of Scythian origin, who adopted the Aryan speech and manners, and subsequently yielded much to Greek influence; after being tributary successively to Assyria, Media, Persia, Alexander the Great, and Syria, they set up an independent kingdom in 250 [[B.C.]] In two great contests with Rome they made the empire respect their prowess; between 53 and 36 [[B.C.]] they defeated [[Crassus]] in Mesopotamia, conquered Syria and Palestine, and inflicted disaster on Mark Antony in Armenia; the renewal of hostilities by [[Trajan]] in [[A.D.]] 115 brought more varied fortunes, but they extorted a tribute of 50,000,000 denarii from the [[Emperor]] Macrinus in 218. [[Ctesiphon]] was their capital; the Euphrates lay between them and Rome; they were over thrown by Ardashir of Persia in 224. The Parthians were famous horse-archers, and in retreat shot their arrows backwards often with deadly effect on a pursuing enemy. </p> | ||
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