Parthia is a region of north-eastern Iran Iran (Persian: ایران [ʔiˈɾɒn] ), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in Western Asia. The name Iran has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use in the Western world in 1935, before which the country was widely known as Persia. Both Persia and Iran are used interchangeably in cultural contexts;, best known for having been the political and cultural base of the Arsacid dynasty, rulers of the Parthian Empire The Parthian Empire , was a major Iranian political and cultural power in the Ancient Near East, and a counterweight and eastern boundary to the Roman Empire of the Mediterranean Basin.
The name "Parthia" is a continuation from Latin Parthia, from Old Persian Parthava, which was the Parthian language The Parthian language, also known as Arsacid Pahlavi and Pahlavanik, is a now-extinct ancient Northwestern Iranian language spoken in Parthia, a region of northeastern Greater Iran, to include a significant portion of Greater Khorasan self-designator signifying "of the Parthians".
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