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Parthian art was Iranian art made during the Parthian Empire from 247 BC to 224 AD, based in the Near East. It has a mixture of Persian and Hellenistic

dynasty of China, became a center of trade and commerce. The Parthians largely adopted the art, architecture, religious beliefs, and regalia of their culturally

The Indo-Parthian kingdom was a Parthian kingdom founded by Gondophares, and active from 19 CE to c. 226 CE. At their zenith, they ruled an area covering

artwork Parthian art. The most characteristic feature of the "Parthian" art is frontality which is not a special feature of Iranic or Parthian art and first

Still, to some extent, the features that became fundamental in the "Parthian art" of the first centuries CE, such as frontality, staticity and emotional

The Parthian language, also known as Arsacid Pahlavi and Pahlawānīg, is an extinct ancient Northwestern Iranian language once spoken in Parthia, a region

Music of ancient Rome Neoclassicism Parthian art Pompeian Styles Roman graffiti Toynbee, J. M. C. (1971). "Roman Art". The Classical Review. 21 (3): 439–442

by archaeologists, the religious characteristics of the Iranians of the Parthian era (founded in 247 BC - collapsed in 224 AD), like many other social and

fragments have survived. Free standing sculptures are fewer than in Parthian art, but the Colossal Statue of Shapur I (r. AD 240–272) is a major exception

architectural culture which blended elements from Indian, Hellenistic, Roman and Parthian art. Buddhist Gandhāra was also influential as the gateway through which