Arsacid Definition

ärsə-sĭd, är-sā-
adjective
Of or relating to the Parthian dynasty that ruled Persia and parts of Asia Minor from c. 250 bc until its overthrow in ad 224.
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noun
A member or subject of this dynasty.
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(zoology) Any member of the Arsacidae.
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Other Word Forms of Arsacid

Noun

Singular:
Arsacid
Plural:
arsacids

Origin of Arsacid

  • After Arsaces (fl. 250 bc), founder of the dynasty

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Arsacid Sentence Examples

  • His father Anak, head of the Parthian clan of Suren, was bribed about the time of his birth (c. 257) by the Sassanid king of Persia to assassinate the Armenian king, Chosroes, who was of the old Arsacid dynasty, and father of Tiridates or Trdat, first Christian king of Armenia.

  • But the Arsacid kingdom never was a truly national state; with the Scythian and Parthian elements were united some elements of Greek civilization.

  • He was the real founder of the Arsacid Empire.

  • It may be remarked that Gregory's own family was a cadet branch of the Arsacid kin which had occupied the thrones of Persia, Bactria, Armenia and Georgia.

  • He was in fact a rex sacrificulus, and later on, when the Arsacid dynasty fell in Armenia c. A.D.

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