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parthians
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What does parthians mean?
noun
- plural of Parthian
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The Parthians coming upon the rest with their lances, killed them fighting, nor were there above five hundred taken prisoners.
The ancient Parthians appear to have been a nation of Scythian or Tartar extraction, and to have always retained a good deal of the manners of their ancestors.
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The most warlike nations at this time in being are the most rude and ignorant: the Scythians, the Parthians, Tamerlane, serve for sufficient proof of this.
Noble Ventidius, Whilst yet with Parthian blood thy sword is warm, The fugitive Parthians follow.
TITYRUS Sooner shall light stags, therefore, feed in air, The seas their fish leave naked on the strand, Germans and Parthians shift their natural bounds, And these the Arar, those the Tigris drink, Than from my heart his face and memory fade.