Thomas A. Carlson (ed.), "Parthian Empire" in last modified January 14, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/632 Parthian Empire Parthia An ancient Persian empire which was succeeded by the Sasanian Empire. http://syriaca.org/place/632 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthian_Empire http://dbpedia.org/resource/Parthian_Empire http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=P&sK=Parthia&sT=keywords The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Parthia Not the same conceptual place as http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/952097.