Parthian Empire
247 BCE–224 CE
Iranian power that was Rome's great rival in the east.
- Type
- Era
- Date
- 247 BCE–224 CE
- Place
- Persia
Who was alive during Parthian Empire
- Cato the Elder 234–149 BCE, statesman
- Polybius c. 200–c. 118 BCE, historian
- Zhang Qian c. 195–114 BCE, diplomat and explorer
- Hipparchus c. 190–c. 120 BCE, astronomer
- Dong Zhongshu c. 179–c. 104 BCE, philosopher
- Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BCE, emperor
- Mithridates VI of Pontus c. 135–63 BCE, king
- Hillel the Elder c. 110 BCE–c. 10 CE, rabbi
- Herod the Great c. 73–4 BCE, king
- Augustus 63 BCE–14 CE, emperor
- Livia 59 BCE–29 CE, noblewoman
- Livy 59 BCE–17 CE, historian
- Tiberius 42 BCE–37 CE, emperor
- Philo c. 20 BCE–c. 50 CE, philosopher
- Seneca the Younger c. 4 BCE–65 CE, philosopher
- Vespasian 9–79, emperor
- Ban Zhao c. 45–c. 116, historian
- Plutarch c. 46–c. 120, biographer
- Epictetus c. 50–c. 135, philosopher
- Rabbi Akiva c. 50–135, rabbi
- Cai Lun c. 50–c. 121, inventor
- Ptolemy c. 100–c. 170, astronomer
- Galen 129–c. 216, physician
- Nagarjuna c. 150–c. 250, philosopher