Parthian Empire

Parthian Empire, Kingdom of the Parni, Satrapy of Parthia, Kingdom of Parthia, Arsacid dynasty, Roman-Parthian Wars
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[@christopherhardy8808]

Reign of Arrows is a great book, if not the first academic one in English in recent times, to fully cover the chronology of the early Parthian empire. Great book amd source

[@CostasMelas]

Interesting. Thank you

[@minimodecimomeridio4534]

A suggestion: can you make a “Languages of Italian peninsula” video just like you did for Spain, Greece and Anatolia, please? ☺️

[@minimodecimomeridio4534]

Also another thing: if you actually decided to make a video about it, given its importance maybe you can show the Tyrsenian languages as its own separate family with its own color instead of bumping it together with substrate languages as you usually do 👍

[@CostasMelas]

Yes. There is also the unclassified Ancient Ligurian Language, probably Paleo-European

[@ratcastle0679]

Damn bro great idea

[@Zaman805]

@@CostasMelascan you do one for Iran please 🙏

[@wirelessbluestone5983]

It’s going to be difficult in the medieval period because the entire Italian peninsula existed as a dialectal continuum

[@mkg6459]

Love your work from iran ❤

[@CostasMelas]

Thank you

[@lukasbrucas3027]

Rome's greatest rival... Great video as always!

[@CostasMelas]

Thank you

[@anto-sk4ce]

More the sassanids

[@angrymonkeynoises]

Rome's greatest punching bag

[@RabbitYT576]

Rome's greatest rival was Rome ngl

[@максимандрев-я5ъ]

​@@angrymonkeynoises punching bag that always won

[@jaykaufman9782]

Terrific! Thank you! I'm kind of surprised at the Hellenistic names of the earliest rulers, but it makes sense since the Parthians were hellenophiles, and it was the succeeding Sassanids were ardent Iranian nationalists. This is also reflected in the numerous vassal states tolerated within the Parthian empire, whose languages were respected, while the Sassanids enforced a Persian-only policy for government. This led to the simplified "Middle Persian" which became the classical language (along with post-Muslim Modern Persian) of all southwestern Asia, Western Turkestan, and northern India right up to Bengal.

[@CostasMelas]

Thank you. The Parthian Empire can be considered part of the Hellenistic world (synthesis of Greek and East cultures), since it retained basic elements such as Greek language, writing, currencies, syncretic Zoroastrian/Greek/Babylonian religion along with Iranian and Aramaic elements

[@РамазанСерикбаев-н6с]

Please make a video history of the languages of Central Asia ​@@CostasMelas

[@hassanabdulsalam1000]

Your channel is underrated Amazing work

[@CostasMelas]

Thank you

[@fehervari98]

Alexander was one humble fellow

[@wayner396]

Fascinating. Seems like all persian empires looked west to expand, never east or north.

[@fishconnoisseur]

When you expand into India you tend to get trapped, and it’s difficult to expand north due to mountains and nomadism. West has the Fertile Crescent and rich eastern Mediterranean so it’s the obvious pick.

[@CostasMelas]

Thank you

[@asmrnaturecat984]

west is richer despite having to clash with romans, it seems more worth

[@Peshmergo]

not persian, parthian lol dont wanna be that guy but they are 2 different peoples and ethnics

[@stefanodadamo6809]

Mighty Parthia. Apparently frail, decentralized and often bitterly divided, but effectively unconquerable even for Rome.

[@AltaicGigachad]

The successor states of the Seleucid empire, including some smaller domains that had been able to gain independence (e.g., Kommagene and Adiabene), were Hellenized countries that saw themselves as heirs to the Greek tradition, which they combined with their own national heritage. The Parthian rulers took over much of the existing Seleucid administration, and as they were Hellenized them- selves, they had the right to appear as protectors of Greek culture. The Arsacid ruler Mithridates I (171-138 BCE) called himself Euergetes, Dikaios, and Phil- hellene. The political energies of Hellenism still lived on in these successor states of the Seleucid realm, as did most of its Greek cities. The Roman conquest marked the beginning of a new political era, but at the same time a renewal of Hellenistic culture Koester, H. (2012). History, Culture, and Religion of the Hellenistic Age. Germany: De Gruyter. p. 32.

[@CostasMelas]

Yes, it can be considered part of Hellenistic world (synthesis of Greek and Eastern cultures). It also maintained the use of the Greek language (administration, coinage etc)

[@leonardo_fratila]

Very detailed, amazing video!

[@CostasMelas]

Thank you

[@nobodyandnoname]

great work. I like all your videos

[@CostasMelas]

Thank you

[@labankienthuc1779]

The map is very detailed and easy to understand

[@alexangelo1998]

Make history of languages of Middle East

[@qpdb840]

Can you do the Safavid empire please if you can that would be great thank you for your time

[@AltaicGigachad]

the Parthians were extremely Hellenized Hellenistic empire also, they used to call themselves Lovers of Hellenes

[@remington2216]

it was mostly for legitimization

[@PatriotOfPersia]

Turk and Nonsense Nostalgic Twins

[@L0KUST1]

You should do a video on the Druze religion next!

[@multiak3631]

Are you planning anytime to makr a video about the medieval history of albania i would love to watch it

[@micahistory]

Nice video, this country is too often underrated

[@CostasMelas]

Thank you

[@micahistory]

you're welcome@@CostasMelas

[@andrefarfan4372]

Nice video

[@CostasMelas]

Thank you

[@faruk77]

Costas you are doing good job. greetings from Türkiye.

[@CostasMelas]

Thank you :)

[@CrusaderMapper]

Where do you get your physical maps?

[@CostasMelas]

I have created it with a gis program, based on the NASA satellite raster map

[@CrusaderMapper]

@@CostasMelas Alr thanks

[@llamallama1509]

Wow, that ended quickly

[@overcast2]

Achaemenid Empire > Parthian Empire

[@TheNineteenthCentury]

Does anyone know what religion the Parthians practiced? Was it Zoroastrianism?

[@CostasMelas]

They were mainly Zoroastrians but also co-existed old Iranian, Greek and Babylonian cults

[@TheNineteenthCentury]

@@CostasMelas Thank you. I was unaware that the Babylonian and (pre-Zoroastrian) Iranian religions continued into the Parthian era.

[@based4560]

Is Barygaza now modern day Bharuch?

[@CostasMelas]

Yes. It was known as Barygaza in the Greek and Roman sources

[@Sinjoro_Blato]

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[@CostasMelas]

In map: Alexandria Ariana (Herat), Alexandria Prophtasia and Alexandria Arachosia (Kandahar). Ghazni is probably the Alexandria in Opiania

[@koseku3]

map is wrong. there were no dams on rivers at that time

[@CostasMelas]

And Aral Sea. It is a problem because i have modern maps

[@محمودغلامی-غ9و]

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