By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA) and Janet Kira Lessin (CEO, World Peace Association) 247 BCE – 224 CE: ARSACES BROKE FROM SELEUCID RULE The Arsacid line of Persians, who preceded the Parthian state, began when the Parni established themselves in Parthia and built a new Iranian power in the northeast. This was not …








