Working in concert with their light cavalry, the heavy-horse cataphracts ran pell-mell into an enemy formation. Introduction...
Parthia
Parthia became a major power in ancient Iran and a formidable rival of Rome. Read how the Arsacid dynasty governed its empire while connecting the Mediterranean world with Central Asia.
In search of glory and riches, seven legions were led in an unprovoked attack on the Parthians....
The Parthians brought with them cultural influences from their Scythian cousins. By Patrick Scott Smith, M.A.Historian Introduction...
Borrowing from the east and west, their culture and art was an amalgam easily identified as Parthian....