Fattah, Hala Mundhir (2009). A Brief History of Iraq. Infobase Publishing. p. 46. ISBN978-0-8160-5767-2. «One characteristic of the Parthians that the kings themselves maintained was their nomadic urge. The kings built or occupied numerous cities as their capitals, the most important being Ctesiphon on the Tigris River, which they built from the ancient town of Opis.»
Brosius, Maria (2006). The Persians. Routledge. p. 125. ISBN978-0-203-06815-1. «The Parthians and the peoples of the Parthian empire were polytheistic. Each ethnic group, each city, and each land or kingdom was able to adhere to its own gods, their respective cults and religious rituals. In Babylon the city-god Marduk continued to be the main deity alongside the goddesses Ishtar and Nanai, while Hatra's main god, the sun-god Shamash, was revered alongside a multiplicity of other gods.»
Ebrey, 1999, p. 70; for an archaeological survey of Roman glasswares in ancient Chinese burials, see An, 2002, pp. 79-84 Ebrey, Patricia Buckley (1999), The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN978-0-521-66991-7. (paperback). An, Jiayao (2002), «When Glass Was Treasured in China», en Juliano, Annette L. and Judith A. Lerner, ed., Silk Road Studies: Nomads, Traders, and Holy Men Along China's Silk Road7, Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, pp. 79-94, ISBN978-2-503-52178-7..
Bivar, 1983, pp. 56-57;Strugnell, 2006, p. 243 Bivar, A.D.H. (1983), «The Political History of Iran Under the Arsacids», en Yarshater, Ehsan, ed., Cambridge History of Iran3 (1), London & New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 21-99, ISBN978-0-521-20092-9.. Strugnell, Emma (2006), «Ventidius' Parthian War: Rome's Forgotten Eastern Triumph», Acta Antiqua46 (3): 239-252, doi:10.1556/AAnt.46.2006.3.3.
Bivar, 1983, p. 57;Strugnell, 2006, p. 244;Kennedy, 1996, p. 80 Bivar, A.D.H. (1983), «The Political History of Iran Under the Arsacids», en Yarshater, Ehsan, ed., Cambridge History of Iran3 (1), London & New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 21-99, ISBN978-0-521-20092-9.. Strugnell, Emma (2006), «Ventidius' Parthian War: Rome's Forgotten Eastern Triumph», Acta Antiqua46 (3): 239-252, doi:10.1556/AAnt.46.2006.3.3. Kennedy, David (1996), «Parthia and Rome: eastern perspectives», The Roman Army in the East, Ann Arbor: Cushing Malloy Inc., Journal of Roman Archaeology: Supplementary Series Number Eighteen, pp. 67-90, ISBN978-1-887829-18-2.
Bivar, 1983, pp. 57-58;Strugnell, 2006, pp. 239, 245;Brosius, 2006, p. 96;Kennedy, 1996, p. 80 Bivar, A.D.H. (1983), «The Political History of Iran Under the Arsacids», en Yarshater, Ehsan, ed., Cambridge History of Iran3 (1), London & New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 21-99, ISBN978-0-521-20092-9.. Strugnell, Emma (2006), «Ventidius' Parthian War: Rome's Forgotten Eastern Triumph», Acta Antiqua46 (3): 239-252, doi:10.1556/AAnt.46.2006.3.3. Brosius, Maria (2006), The Persians: An Introduction, London & New York: Routledge, ISBN978-0-415-32089-4.. Kennedy, David (1996), «Parthia and Rome: eastern perspectives», The Roman Army in the East, Ann Arbor: Cushing Malloy Inc., Journal of Roman Archaeology: Supplementary Series Number Eighteen, pp. 67-90, ISBN978-1-887829-18-2.
Bivar, 1983, p. 58;Brosius, 2006, p. 96;Kennedy, 1996, pp. 80-81; see also Strugnell, 2006, pp. 239, 245-246 Bivar, A.D.H. (1983), «The Political History of Iran Under the Arsacids», en Yarshater, Ehsan, ed., Cambridge History of Iran3 (1), London & New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 21-99, ISBN978-0-521-20092-9.. Brosius, Maria (2006), The Persians: An Introduction, London & New York: Routledge, ISBN978-0-415-32089-4.. Kennedy, David (1996), «Parthia and Rome: eastern perspectives», The Roman Army in the East, Ann Arbor: Cushing Malloy Inc., Journal of Roman Archaeology: Supplementary Series Number Eighteen, pp. 67-90, ISBN978-1-887829-18-2. Strugnell, Emma (2006), «Ventidius' Parthian War: Rome's Forgotten Eastern Triumph», Acta Antiqua46 (3): 239-252, doi:10.1556/AAnt.46.2006.3.3.
Garthwaite, 2005, p. 80; see also Strugnell, 2006, pp. 251-252 Garthwaite, Gene Ralph (2005), The Persians, Oxford & Carlton: Blackwell Publishing, Ltd., ISBN978-1-55786-860-2.. Strugnell, Emma (2006), «Ventidius' Parthian War: Rome's Forgotten Eastern Triumph», Acta Antiqua46 (3): 239-252, doi:10.1556/AAnt.46.2006.3.3.
Bivar, 1983, p. 88;Curtis, 2007, p. 13;Lightfoot, 1990, p. 117 Bivar, A.D.H. (1983), «The Political History of Iran Under the Arsacids», en Yarshater, Ehsan, ed., Cambridge History of Iran3 (1), London & New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 21-99, ISBN978-0-521-20092-9.. Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh (2007), «The Iranian Revival in the Parthian Period», en Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh and Sarah Stewart, ed., The Age of the Parthians: The Ideas of Iran2, London & New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., in association with the London Middle East Institute at SOAS and the British Museum, pp. 7-25, ISBN978-1-84511-406-0.. Lightfoot, C.S. (1990), «Trajan's Parthian War and the Fourth-Century Perspective», The Journal of Roman Studies80: 115-126, JSTOR300283, doi:10.2307/300283.
Lightfoot, 1990, pp. 117-118; see also Bivar, 1983, pp. 90-91 Lightfoot, C.S. (1990), «Trajan's Parthian War and the Fourth-Century Perspective», The Journal of Roman Studies80: 115-126, JSTOR300283, doi:10.2307/300283. Bivar, A.D.H. (1983), «The Political History of Iran Under the Arsacids», en Yarshater, Ehsan, ed., Cambridge History of Iran3 (1), London & New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 21-99, ISBN978-0-521-20092-9..
Bivar, 1983, pp. 88-90;Garthwaite, 2005, p. 81;Lightfoot, 1990, p. 120; see also Katouzian, 2009, p. 44 Bivar, A.D.H. (1983), «The Political History of Iran Under the Arsacids», en Yarshater, Ehsan, ed., Cambridge History of Iran3 (1), London & New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 21-99, ISBN978-0-521-20092-9.. Garthwaite, Gene Ralph (2005), The Persians, Oxford & Carlton: Blackwell Publishing, Ltd., ISBN978-1-55786-860-2.. Lightfoot, C.S. (1990), «Trajan's Parthian War and the Fourth-Century Perspective», The Journal of Roman Studies80: 115-126, JSTOR300283, doi:10.2307/300283. Katouzian, Homa (2009), The Persians: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Iran, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, ISBN978-0-300-12118-6..
Lightfoot, 1990, p. 120;Bivar, 1983, pp. 90-91 Lightfoot, C.S. (1990), «Trajan's Parthian War and the Fourth-Century Perspective», The Journal of Roman Studies80: 115-126, JSTOR300283, doi:10.2307/300283. Bivar, A.D.H. (1983), «The Political History of Iran Under the Arsacids», en Yarshater, Ehsan, ed., Cambridge History of Iran3 (1), London & New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 21-99, ISBN978-0-521-20092-9..
Lightfoot, 1990, pp. 120-124 Lightfoot, C.S. (1990), «Trajan's Parthian War and the Fourth-Century Perspective», The Journal of Roman Studies80: 115-126, JSTOR300283, doi:10.2307/300283.
Brosius, 2006, p. 100; see also Lightfoot, 1990, p. 115;Garthwaite, 2005, p. 81; and Bivar, 1983, p. 91 Brosius, Maria (2006), The Persians: An Introduction, London & New York: Routledge, ISBN978-0-415-32089-4.. Lightfoot, C.S. (1990), «Trajan's Parthian War and the Fourth-Century Perspective», The Journal of Roman Studies80: 115-126, JSTOR300283, doi:10.2307/300283. Garthwaite, Gene Ralph (2005), The Persians, Oxford & Carlton: Blackwell Publishing, Ltd., ISBN978-1-55786-860-2.. Bivar, A.D.H. (1983), «The Political History of Iran Under the Arsacids», en Yarshater, Ehsan, ed., Cambridge History of Iran3 (1), London & New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 21-99, ISBN978-0-521-20092-9..
Skjaervo, Prods Oktor. «IRAN vi. IRANIAN LANGUAGES AND SCRIPTS (2) Doc - Encyclopaedia Iranica». www.iranicaonline.org(en inglés). Encyclopedia Iranica. Archivado desde el original el 17 de noviembre de 2016. Consultado el 8 de febrero de 2017. «Parthian. This was the local language of the area east of the Caspian Sea and official language of the Parthian state (see ARSACIDS) and is known from inscriptions on stone and metal, including coins and seals, and from large archives of potsherd labels on wine jars from the Parthian capital of Nisa, as well as from the Manichean texts.»
Bivar, 1983, p. 88;Curtis, 2007, p. 13;Lightfoot, 1990, p. 117 Bivar, A.D.H. (1983), «The Political History of Iran Under the Arsacids», en Yarshater, Ehsan, ed., Cambridge History of Iran3 (1), London & New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 21-99, ISBN978-0-521-20092-9.. Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh (2007), «The Iranian Revival in the Parthian Period», en Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh and Sarah Stewart, ed., The Age of the Parthians: The Ideas of Iran2, London & New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., in association with the London Middle East Institute at SOAS and the British Museum, pp. 7-25, ISBN978-1-84511-406-0.. Lightfoot, C.S. (1990), «Trajan's Parthian War and the Fourth-Century Perspective», The Journal of Roman Studies80: 115-126, JSTOR300283, doi:10.2307/300283.
Lightfoot, 1990, pp. 117-118; see also Bivar, 1983, pp. 90-91 Lightfoot, C.S. (1990), «Trajan's Parthian War and the Fourth-Century Perspective», The Journal of Roman Studies80: 115-126, JSTOR300283, doi:10.2307/300283. Bivar, A.D.H. (1983), «The Political History of Iran Under the Arsacids», en Yarshater, Ehsan, ed., Cambridge History of Iran3 (1), London & New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 21-99, ISBN978-0-521-20092-9..
Bivar, 1983, pp. 88-90;Garthwaite, 2005, p. 81;Lightfoot, 1990, p. 120; see also Katouzian, 2009, p. 44 Bivar, A.D.H. (1983), «The Political History of Iran Under the Arsacids», en Yarshater, Ehsan, ed., Cambridge History of Iran3 (1), London & New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 21-99, ISBN978-0-521-20092-9.. Garthwaite, Gene Ralph (2005), The Persians, Oxford & Carlton: Blackwell Publishing, Ltd., ISBN978-1-55786-860-2.. Lightfoot, C.S. (1990), «Trajan's Parthian War and the Fourth-Century Perspective», The Journal of Roman Studies80: 115-126, JSTOR300283, doi:10.2307/300283. Katouzian, Homa (2009), The Persians: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Iran, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, ISBN978-0-300-12118-6..
Lightfoot, 1990, p. 120;Bivar, 1983, pp. 90-91 Lightfoot, C.S. (1990), «Trajan's Parthian War and the Fourth-Century Perspective», The Journal of Roman Studies80: 115-126, JSTOR300283, doi:10.2307/300283. Bivar, A.D.H. (1983), «The Political History of Iran Under the Arsacids», en Yarshater, Ehsan, ed., Cambridge History of Iran3 (1), London & New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 21-99, ISBN978-0-521-20092-9..
Lightfoot, 1990, pp. 120-124 Lightfoot, C.S. (1990), «Trajan's Parthian War and the Fourth-Century Perspective», The Journal of Roman Studies80: 115-126, JSTOR300283, doi:10.2307/300283.
Brosius, 2006, p. 100; see also Lightfoot, 1990, p. 115;Garthwaite, 2005, p. 81; and Bivar, 1983, p. 91 Brosius, Maria (2006), The Persians: An Introduction, London & New York: Routledge, ISBN978-0-415-32089-4.. Lightfoot, C.S. (1990), «Trajan's Parthian War and the Fourth-Century Perspective», The Journal of Roman Studies80: 115-126, JSTOR300283, doi:10.2307/300283. Garthwaite, Gene Ralph (2005), The Persians, Oxford & Carlton: Blackwell Publishing, Ltd., ISBN978-1-55786-860-2.. Bivar, A.D.H. (1983), «The Political History of Iran Under the Arsacids», en Yarshater, Ehsan, ed., Cambridge History of Iran3 (1), London & New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 21-99, ISBN978-0-521-20092-9..
Skjaervo, Prods Oktor. «IRAN vi. IRANIAN LANGUAGES AND SCRIPTS (2) Doc - Encyclopaedia Iranica». www.iranicaonline.org(en inglés). Encyclopedia Iranica. Archivado desde el original el 17 de noviembre de 2016. Consultado el 8 de febrero de 2017. «Parthian. This was the local language of the area east of the Caspian Sea and official language of the Parthian state (see ARSACIDS) and is known from inscriptions on stone and metal, including coins and seals, and from large archives of potsherd labels on wine jars from the Parthian capital of Nisa, as well as from the Manichean texts.»