Realm · 239 BCE – 224 CE
Parthian Empire
Parthian Empire appears on the map from 239 BCE to 224. At its greatest recorded extent, in 161, it covered about 3.05 million km².
The Parthians were an Iranian nomadic people, the Parni, who settled in the province of Parthia south-east of the Caspian Sea. Their leader Arsaces I founded the Arsacid dynasty around 247 BCE and, about 238 BCE, seized Parthia from its rebel Seleucid governor Andragoras. Mithridates I conquered Media and Mesopotamia, and by about 100 BCE Parthia stretched from the Euphrates to Afghanistan, controlling the overland Silk Road between Rome and China. More about Parthian Empire.
See Parthian Empire on the map in 161
- On the map
- 239 BCE – 224 CE
- Greatest extent
- 161, about 3.05 million km²
- Read more
- Wikipedia: Parthian Empire · Wikidata Q1986139
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 239–224 BCE | 253,596 km² |
| 223–219 BCE | 253,403 km² |
| 218–165 BCE | 253,596 km² |
| 164–145 BCE | 1.85 million km² |
| 144–127 BCE | 1.87 million km² |
| 126–111 BCE | 1.96 million km² |
| 110–92 BCE | 2.19 million km² |
| 91–88 BCE | 2.92 million km² |
| 87–78 BCE | 2.77 million km² |
| 77–67 BCE | 2.66 million km² |
| 66–64 BCE | 2.77 million km² |
| 63–41 BCE | 2.70 million km² |
| 40–37 BCE | 2.83 million km² |
| 36 BCE – 0 CE | 2.70 million km² |
| 1–42 | 2.70 million km² |
| 43–50 | 2.70 million km² |
| 51–113 | 2.70 million km² |
| 114–116 | 2.70 million km² |
| 117–126 | 2.35 million km² |
| 127–153 | 2.92 million km² |
| 154–160 | 2.70 million km² |
| 161–164 | 3.05 million km² |
| 165–183 | 2.63 million km² |
| 184–196 | 2.69 million km² |
| 197–206 | 2.63 million km² |
| 207–214 | 2.69 million km² |
| 215–223 | 2.64 million km² |
| 224 | 2.05 million km² |