Armies of Ancient Persia: The Parthians
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"Farohk, Kaveh. 690p. hardback. v well illus inc c colour. weapons, armour and equipment, the composition of their armies, their tactics and strategies. A rich array of illustrations complements the text to present a complete portrait of one of the ancient world’s great military powers. In the late third and early second centuries BC, the Parni, an Iranian nomadic tribe, seized control of Parthia from the Seleucids and established a powerful empire under the Arsacid dynasty. Their formidable cavalry featuring agile horse-archers and heavily-armoured cataphracts enabled them to defeat Roman forces, most famously at Carrhae in 53 BC, and resist Roman expansion for over two centuries."
"Farohk, Kaveh. 690p. hardback. v well illus inc c colour. weapons, armour and equipment, the composition of their armies, their tactics and strategies. A rich array of illustrations complements the text to present a complete portrait of one of the ancient world’s great military powers. In the late third and early second centuries BC, the Parni, an Iranian nomadic tribe, seized control of Parthia from the Seleucids and established a powerful empire under the Arsacid dynasty. Their formidable cavalry featuring agile horse-archers and heavily-armoured cataphracts enabled them to defeat Roman forces, most famously at Carrhae in 53 BC, and resist Roman expansion for over two centuries."
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