ARSACES

ärˈsəsēz, fl. 250 b.c., founder of the Parthian dynasty of the Arsacids, which ruled Persia from c.250 b.c. to a.d. 226. Arsaces led a successful revolt against Antiochus II of Syria, when Antiochus was engaged in war with Egypt and trying to put down a revolt in Bactria. Among the other Parthian kings were Tiridates, Mithradates I, Mithradates II, and Phraates IV. Their empire became a formidable rival of the Roman power, but began to decay in the 2d cent. a.d. after Emperor Alexander Severus had invaded the country. The Arsacids were overthrown by a revolt of the Persians under Ardashir I, who in a.d. 226 slew Artabanus IV (Ardawan IV), the last of the Arsacids.

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The Late Roman World and Its Historian: Interpreting Ammianus Marcellinus
Book by Jan Willem Drijvers, David Hunt; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Ammianus Marcellinus--Rerum Gestarum Libri, Emperors--Rome--Biography--History And Criticism, Greeks--Rome--Biography, Historians--Rome--Biography, Rome--History--Empire, 284-476--Historiography
Ammianus implicitly records that Arsaces during his lifetime conquered a complete empire...view. Although he does not explicitly mention Arsaces conquest of an empire, he is quite clear on Arsaces establishment of power in Parthia and the loss...
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Ploetz' Manual of Universal History
Book by William H. Tillinghast, Karl Julius Ploetz; Houghton Mifflin, 1925
Subjects: History--Outlines, Syllabi, Etc
...The Parthians revolted under the lead of Arsaces , the chief of a tribe of the Dahae Scythians . The revolt succeeded, 248-216 . Arsaces I. was raised to the throne. He was...his brother Tiridates as 246-c. 211 . Arsaces II., 1 who firmly established the independence...
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From Polis to Empire, the Ancient World, C. 800 B.C.-A.D. 500: A Biographical Dictionary
Book by Andrew G. Traver; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: History, Ancient--Dictionaries
...origin and rise of the Parthians under Arsaces have been obscured by fragmentary and...which a new dynasty legitimates itself. Arsaces was once regarded as a legendary figure...mentions a descendant of the nephew of Arsaces, confirming his historicity. Some traditions...
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The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars
Book by Geoffrey Greatrex, Samuel N. C. Lieu; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--Foreign Relations--527-1081, Byzantine Empire--Foreign Relations--Rome--To 527, Byzantine Empire--History--To 527, Italy--History--476-774, Rome--Foreign Relations--Byzantine Empire--284-476, Rome--History--Empire, 284-476
...nothing could sustain the kingship of Arsaces over the country. But many of the Armenian...the country of Armenia. And when King Arsaces saw them, he withdrew, abandoned the...the king of the Greeks) was assisting Arsaces king of Armenia and the king of Persia...
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Representative Plays by American Dramatists
Includes: The Prince of Parthia; Ponteach, or, The Savages of America; The Group, A Farce; The Battle of Bunkers-Hill; The Fall of British Tyranny, or, American Liberty; The Politician Out-witted; The Contrast; Andre; The Indian Princess, or, La Belle Sauvage; She Would Be a Soldier, or, The Plains of Chippewa
Book by Montrose J. Moses; E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918
Subjects: American Drama--Collected Works, Drama
SCENE the Last ARSACES, GOTARZES, BARZAPHERNES, and EVANTHE supported . EVANTHE. Lead me, oh! lead me, to my lovd Arsaces. Where is he?-- ARSACES. Ha! whats this?--Just heavns!--my fears-- EVANTHE...
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The Voice of History: Thomas Godfrey's Prince of Parthia and Revolutionary America
Journal article by Frank Shuffelton; Early American Literature, Vol. 13, 1978
Subjects: American Literature--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775, American Literature--Revolutionary Period, 1775-1783
...were a God," despises both his brother Arsaces and the people, "this many-headed...dispute with Jove the rule of heavn." Arsaces, Artabanus oldest son and the hero of...tragic conclusion. Queen Thermusa hates Arsaces for killing her son, who rebelled against...
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The Contralto Voice
Journal article by Elwood Mckee; ARSC Journal, Vol. 40, 2009
Subjects: Sound recordings--Sound recording reviews, The Contralto Voice (Sound recording)--Sound recording reviews
...out a number of flaws in her recorded performances with pianist Salvatore Cottone. I found her La Cenerentola "Rondo" and Arsaces "Cavatina" from Semiramide impressively sung. Her recording of the Lucrezia Borgia is noted above. These are rare recordings...
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Goethe's Reception of Ulrich Von Hutten
Journal article by Yasser Derwiche Djazaerly; Goethe Yearbook, Vol. 15, 2008
...hegemony was German unity and love of freedom: "The freedom of Germany is a deadlier enemy to Rome than the despotism of Arsaces."16 The disunity of the German tribes, he added, was the only guarantee of Romes dominance over them: "Long, I pray...
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Not Black And/or White: Reading Racial Difference in Heliodorus's Ethiopica and Pauline Hopkins's of One Blood
Journal article by Maria Harris; African American Review, Vol. 35, 2001
Subjects: African American women authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Blacks--Race identity, Characters and characteristics in literature--Analysis, Ethiopica (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Ethnicity in literature--Analysis, Heliodorus--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Hopkins, Pauline E.--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Of One Blood (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...poison, she is forced to drink the fatal draught herself in a scene that resonates with a passage from Ethiopica in which Arsaces loyal slave Cybele, plotting to poison Charicleia, accidentally drinks from the cup. Not only does Hopkins blend fact with...


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Iran's 5,000 Years of Recorded History
Magazine article by Richard H. Curtiss; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XIV, April 30, 1996
Subjects: Ancient civilizations, Archaeology, Government, History, International relations, Iran
...The Seleucids never really controlled parts of present-day Azerbaijan and Bactria. In 247 B.C. under the leadership of Arsaces, whose name was used by all subsequent kings of his dynasty, the Parthians revolted successfully against Seleucid domination...
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Pesaro
Magazine article by David Blewitt; Musical Opinion, Vol. 124, March 2001
...in which she spun a rapt and exquisitely phrased performance of Cara sposa from Handels Rinaldo, imbued the fioriture of Arsaces Cavatina from Semiramide, Malcolms ditto from La Donna del Lago with a wealth of meaning, and characterised an extraordinary...


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encyclopedia articles on: Arsaces  - 6 results

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Arsaces
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ARSACES ar s sez, fl. 250 b.c., founder of the Parthian dynasty of the Arsacids, which ruled Persia from c.250 b.c. to a.d. 226. Arsaces led a successful revolt against Antiochus II of Syria, when Antiochus was...
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Persia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...revolted and established absolute independence. At the same time Parthia under the leadership of the Arsacids (see under Arsaces ) cast off Seleucid rule and established a Parthian empire as a sort of successor to the old Persian Empire. Although even...
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Tiridates , King of Parthia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Parthia tir ida tez, d. 211 b.c., king of Parthia (c.248 211 b.c.), 2d ruler of the Arsacid dynasty (see under Arsaces ). He absorbed Hyrcania and, with the ruler of Bactria, successfully resisted the attacks of Seleucus II of Syria...
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Parthia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Syrian empire. The Parthians were famous horsemen and archers and may have been of Scythian stock. In 250 b.c., led by Arsaces, they freed themselves from the rule of the Seleucids and founded the Parthian empire. At its height, in the 1st cent...
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Arsacids
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ARSACIDS see under Arsaces . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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