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Media (region)
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Media is an Iron Age region of northwestern Iran, best known for having been the political and cultural base of the Medes. During the Achaemenid period, it comprised present-day Iranian Azerbaijan, Ir
Brue, Adrien Hubert, Asie Mineure, Armenie, Syrie, Mesopotamie, Caucase. 1839.
Brue, Adrien Hubert, Asie Mineure, Armenie, Syrie, Mesopotamie, Caucase. 1839.
Medes (region)
Medes (region)
Rock relief of a Median man, Persepolis
Rock relief of a Median man, Persepolis
Horseman in "Median dress". Achaemenid art, 6th-4th century BC. British Museum.
Horseman in "Median dress". Achaemenid art, 6th-4th century BC. British Museum.
Parthian Empire
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The Parthian Empire, also known as the Arsacid Empire, was a major Iranian political and cultural power centered in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces
Media (region)
…but his defeat and death at the Battle of Ecbatana marked the final loss of Seleucid influence in Media. From this time Media remained subject to the Arsacids or Parthians, who changed the name of Rhagae, or Europus, into Arsacia, and divided the country into five small provinces. From the Parthians, it passed…
The silver drachma of Arsaces I (r. c. 247 – 211 BC) with the Greek language inscription ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ "of Arsaces"
The silver drachma of Arsaces I (r. c. 247 – 211 BC) with the Greek language inscription ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ "of Arsaces"
Parthia, shaded yellow, alongside the Seleucid Empire (blue) and the Roman Republic (purple) around 200 BC
Parthia, shaded yellow, alongside the Seleucid Empire (blue) and the Roman Republic (purple) around 200 BC
Drachma of Mithridates I, showing him wearing a beard and a royal diadem on his head. Reverse side: Heracles/Verethragna, holding a club in his left h
Drachma of Mithridates I, showing him wearing a beard and a royal diadem on his head. Reverse side: Heracles/Verethragna, holding a club in his left hand and a cup in his right hand; Greek inscription reading ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ "of the Great King Arsaces the Philhellene"
Statue of a Parthian woman, marble from Nisa; National Museum of History, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Statue of a Parthian woman, marble from Nisa; National Museum of History, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan