House of Arsaces

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royal dynasty ruling house

The House of Arsaces was the ruling dynasty of the Parthian Empire, which governed much of Iran and Mesopotamia from the mid-3rd century BCE to the early 3rd century CE.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Parthian dynasty	2
Arsacid dynasty of Parthia	1
Parthian rulers	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	royal dynasty ⓘ ruling house ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Arsacid dynasty of Parthia NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Ctesiphon NERFINISHED ⓘ Hecatompylos NERFINISHED ⓘ Nisa NERFINISHED ⓘ
coinage	drachm ⓘ tetradrachm ⓘ
conflict	Roman–Parthian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
countryRuled	Parthian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasticName	Arsacid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasticReligion	Zoroastrianism ⓘ
endTime	c. 224 CE ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Iranian ⓘ Parni NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstRuler	Arsaces I NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder	Arsaces I NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm	monarchy ⓘ
historicalEra	Classical antiquity ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	conflicts with the Roman Empire ⓘ conflicts with the Roman Republic ⓘ feudal aristocratic system ⓘ
languageUsed	Greek language ⓘ Parthian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
lastRuler	Artabanus IV of Parthia NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Arsaces I NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMember	Artabanus II of Parthia NERFINISHED ⓘ Artabanus IV of Parthia NERFINISHED ⓘ Mithridates I of Parthia NERFINISHED ⓘ Mithridates II of Parthia NERFINISHED ⓘ Orodes II of Parthia NERFINISHED ⓘ Phraates IV of Parthia NERFINISHED ⓘ Vologases I of Parthia NERFINISHED ⓘ
overthrownBy	Ardashir I NERFINISHED ⓘ
powerBase	Parthia NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionRuled	Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Hellenistic religion ⓘ Zoroastrianism ⓘ
startTime	c. 247 BCE ⓘ
successor	House of Sasan NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorState	Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
titleOfHead	Arsacid king ⓘ King of Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedScript	Aramaic script ⓘ Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shushan → governedBy → House of Arsaces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthian rulers

Iranian dynasties → hasPart → House of Arsaces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthian dynasty

Persian monarchy → hasPart → House of Arsaces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parthian dynasty

Orodes II of Parthia → house → House of Arsaces ⓘ

Arsacid dynasty of Armenia → parentDynasty → House of Arsaces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arsacid dynasty of Parthia

Mithridates I of Parthia → royalHouse → House of Arsaces ⓘ

Vologases IV of Parthia → royalHouse → House of Arsaces ⓘ

Arsaces I of Parthia → royalHouseFounded → House of Arsaces ⓘ