The Armies of Ancient Persia: The Parthians

by Kaveh Farrokh

Throughout most of the classical period, Persia was one of the great superpowers, placing a limit on the expansion of its Western rivals. Until the conquest by Alexander the Great, the Achaemenid Persian Empire was the greatest the world had yet seen, stretching from the Mediterranean to the Himalayas. After the collapse of Alexander's empire and that of his Seleucid successors, the Parthians once more established Persia as an independent power and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848848447
• ISBN13: 9781848848443
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 640 Pages