The Arsacid Dynasty ruled Persia. Their realm is also called Parthia, which included the Iranian plateau and intermittently Mesopotamia, from 253 BC until their overthrow by the Sassanid Dynasty in AD 226. At certain times Arsacid Kings also ruled over Armenia. Arsacid Dynasty - Historical Background. After the conquest of the Persian Empire by Alexander III, king of Macedonia, Iran became in a constant conflict between the Iranian traditions and the Hellenistic way of life, between civic life and oriental ...

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• Arsacid Dynasty - The birth of an Empire
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In 247 BC two brothers, Arsaces (Arschag) and Tiridates, members of the nomad iranic tribe of the Parni, first mentioned in this century and migrating south from the banks of the Amu-Darya, occupied the Seleucid satrapy of Parthia (the district of Tejen) by defeating and killing its governor Andragoras. They were years of great tumult and difficulties for the House of Seleucus, which had also a few years before lost control o ...

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Arsacid Dynasty, Arsacid Dynasty - Historical Background, Arsacid Dynasty - The birth of an Empire, Arsacid Dynasty - Arsacid Parthian Kings of Persia 250 BC - AD 226, Arsacid Dynasty - Reference

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After the conquest of the Persian Empire by Alexander III, king of Macedonia, Iran became in a constant conflict between the Iranian traditions and the Hellenistic way of life, between civic life and oriental monarchy. In Persia the Hellenistic rulers were ultimately unable to solve these and other problems inherent in such a mixed and complex society, even if there was a strong level of contamination between the two cultures. But the Greeks and their culture ultimately ended up occupying a secondary if important role, while pre-conquest patterns re-emerged stronger than ever, like the persisten ...

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Arsacid Dynasty, Arsacid Dynasty - Historical Background, Arsacid Dynasty - The birth of an Empire, Arsacid Dynasty - Arsacid Parthian Kings of Persia 250 BC - AD 226, Arsacid Dynasty - Reference

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