The Parthian Threat

A History of Mankind (215)

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As far as the Romans were concerned, Parthian kings were a looming threat in the East, bordering Syria, and a rival over the control of Armenia, the large mountain kingdom at the strategic juncture of the Caucasus, the Zagros and the Anatolian plateau.