Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at arsaces.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Arsaces.
Examples
-
(On the series of Parthian Arsacidæ, see "Arsaces," in _Biograph.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume II 46-120? Plutarch 1839
-
Cicero hastily marches towards it, comes up with the Parthians by forced marches at Mount Taurus, routs them, pursues them in their retreat, and Arsaces, their general, is slain, with a part of his army.
-
They were oppressed by Arsaces the Persian, a lieutenant of
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
-
This Arsaces, when the Athenians, wishing to purify
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
-
While the Peloponnesians were in the Hellespont, the Antandrians, a people of Aeolic extraction, conveyed by land across Mount Ida some heavy infantry from Abydos, and introduced them into the town; having been ill-treated by Arsaces, the Persian lieutenant of
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005
-
Whome generally by the name of the first king, thei termed Arsaces.
-
When he drew his army out of winter quarters, ambassadors came to him from Arsaces, with this short speech: If the army was sent by the people of Rome, he denounced mortal war, but if, as he understood was the case, against the consent of his country,
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
-
Orobazus, a Parthian, ambassador from king Arsaces, as yet there having been no correspondence between the two nations.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
-
As they were thus fighting, the night coming on parted them, the Parthians boasting that they would indulge Crassus with one night to mourn his son, unless upon better consideration he would rather go to Arsaces, than be carried to him.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
-
English realm, that flower (of kings) and renowned Edgar, not less famous amongst the English than Cyrus amongst the Persians, Romulus amongst the Romans, Alexander amongst the Macedonians, Arsaces amongst the Parthians, Charles (the Great) amongst the Franks, in the 37th year of his age and 21st year of his reign with his brother and alone, died on the Ides of July, and was buried at
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.