Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, 1743-1820. [from old catalog], Fiske, Nathan Welby, 1798-1847, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · Philadelphia, E. C. & J. Biddle · leaf 72
ersian empire. By Arsaces, after the time of Alexander, it wasmade the seat of a new state, which under his successors, called Arsacidcs, grew intoa considerable empire, and opposed effectual resistance to the Romans (^ 211. viii.).Ore of its principal places was Niswa (Nesa), on a northern branch… … 46 CLASSICAL GEOGRAPHY. In the south-western part; although the later Parthian monarchs sometimes resided atCtesiphon on the Tigris. The remaining countries, between Parthia and Scythia, were Aria, Bactriana, andSogdiana.—^Aria was east of Parthia and Media, and north of the Paropamisus, al-though…
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