1. Their nationalistic zeal made them much more aggressive foes of the Romans than the Parthians ever were.

2. When he returned from his victory over the Parthians, he erected the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome.

3. Severus advanced into Mesopotamia, occupied Nisibis and plundered the Parthian capital Ctesiphon in 199, capturing many Parthians and selling them into slavery.

4. The unsuccessful faction repeatedly attempted to retake power, and in 40 B.C.E., they succeeded with the help of Rome’s enemies, the Parthians.

5. The nearby temple of Jandial is usually interpreted as a Zoroastrian fire temple from the period of the Indo-Parthians.

6. During the Roman Liberators' civil war of the 1st Century BC, the Parthians actively supported Brutus and Cassius, invading Syria, and gaining territories in the Levant.

7. Anxi 安息 was the Chinese name for the kingdom of the Parthians. It is first mentioned in the history Shiji 史記

8. Pompey organized his forces, close to 45,000 legionaries, including Lucullus' troops, and signed an alliance with the Parthians, who attacked and kept Tigranes busy in the east.

9. “The state of Anxi mentioned in historical records in the Han and Wei times is generally believed to refer to Persia under the rule of the Parthians

10. Arrian is best known for his Anabasis, a history of Alexander the Great from his accession until his death, and Parthica, a history of the Parthians, of which only fragments have survived.

11. It is also mentioned by Plutarch that the Parthians found the Roman prisoner of war that resembled Crassus the most, dressed him as a woman and paraded him through Parthia for all to see.