The Parthians: The Number 1 Enemy of the Roman Empire

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Few nations were able to not only parry but also defeat the mighty Roman Empire, rivaling it in almost all segments. One of those was the Parthian empire, cultural and traditional successor of the more famous Achaemenid Persian empire that was brought down by the Alexander the Great.
Indeed, the Parthians are recognized as one of the toughest enemies the Romans ever fought, and rightfully so. Parthian soldiers put the Roman legions to the test, making them prove their worth. Yet by looking at the Parthian empire solely as the "great enemies of Rome," it is easy to overlook other important parts of Parthian history. Simply by changing our perspective, we are able to see that the Parthians were not only warriors but also artists, builders, and traders; they did much more than just challenge the might of the Roman steel.
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[@aydinghanekh]

Fun Fact: Parni was a Scythian Iranian tribe. They took over Parthia (province, named after Parthians, also Scythian and Iranian) and carried the name Parthia, but they were actually part of the Dahae confederation.

[@aydinghanekh]

Crassus was the richest man in Rome, and a direct competition to Julius Caesar. It's fair to say that his defeat in Carrhae (first and one of the most embarrassing defeats in history of Rome) changed the course of Roman history as it left Caesar unrivaled.

[@aydinghanekh]

Iranian and history enthusiast here: Parthians are lesser known despite forming the longest reigning empire in history of Iran because Persian Sassanids systematically removed them from records. This was due to Parthians being friendly towards Hellenism in their early years which was not welcomed by Sassanid Persians who saw themselves as the rightful successors of the Achaemenid Empire (Persian, overthrown by Alexander of Macedonia)

[@debayanbose9983]

Wow so entertaining,,❤ lively....

[@uniqueglow9541]

The insistence on the greater importance of ancient Greece and Rome is a cultural fad that generally started after the two world wars. This was related to the creation of a geopolitical region called the West at the beginning of the 20th century, to Eurocentrism, and to the fact that Athens Greece and Rome are located in Europe. Several powerful city-states and cultural centers existed in Antiquity all around the Mediterranean region. These city-states and cultural centers included among others Babylon, Persepolis, Tyre, Athens, Carthage, Alexandria, Rome... In Antiquity as well as in modern times, all essential great powers follow the same stages of rise, growth and decline one after the other. An objective study of history would show that Rome rose and later became a secondary power after the end of the first century CE, declining and following the path of previous powerful cities such as Athens and Carthage. Which powerful city-state, political entity or empire took the place of Rome as the primary great power in the second century CE? The Parthian empire would be a possible good candidate. This issue should be studied and analyzed dispassionately.

[@Vic-ok2pp]

Timeline is confusing.

[@rossrreyes]

Who ??!?

[@MondoProducer]

T'his is like calling each Roman empire by it's emperor and keep renmaing it Nero Empire, Octavian Empire. Sassnians, Parthians, and the Persians is one and and the same under different dynasties and families they rule the same area.

[@arkitsingh7083]

Parthians weren’t ethnically Persians so it is rightly called the Parthian empire whereas the Achaemenids and Sasanians were Persians so you can call sasanian empire as the second Persian empire.

[@MondoProducer]

@@arkitsingh7083 Most Romans were not ethnically anything. That's what an empire is. These are many tribes of Iraninas.

[@arkitsingh7083]

@@MondoProducer Persia is a geographical entity in Iran ,it isn’t Iran.

[@5minHistory]

@@arkitsingh7083 How did #Persia become #Iran? History of Iran from Zoroastrianism to Islam kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZO8iIiHmbR1ars

[@fmoa2541]

western histories try there hardest to distort parthian history, they even claim they probly from central asian steppes like the mongols which is just b'llsht, the parthians speak an eastern iranian language and the parthian kings themselves claim they descend from the achaemenid kings of the old persian empire..its really stupid how the west try there best to ignore or distort parthian history.

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

Be wary of using BCE and CE . . . . continue with what we know and trust, BC and AD. The dating system revolves around the birth of The Nazarene. Who’d want to ignore that?

[@zaroonyakhyakhan4514]

They are overlooked in Western history because they kicked the Roman Empires ass many time and that would not look good on the only European Empire that the entire continent of Europe Kang on.

[@owenpeller6471]

Boring uninteresting and no reason to listen to this