Asaak, Arsacia (

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through ...

) or Arshak ( Parthian) was an ancient city which was a capital and royal necropolis of the

Parthian Empire The Parthian Empire (), also known as the Arsacid Empire (), was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces I, who led the Parni tribe in conqu ...

. Many of the Parthian kings such as

Arsaces I Arsaces or Arsakes (, , Graecized form of Old Persian ) is the eponymous Greek form of the dynastic name of the Parthian Empire of Iran adopted by all epigraphically attested rulers of the Arsacid dynasties. The indigenous Parthian and Armenian f ...

were crowned in Asaak. Some has suggested it to be identified with the Old City near Quchan,

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in the upper Atrek River valley.

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* * {{cite encyclopedia , article = Arsacids ii. The Arsacid dynasty , last = Schippmann , first = K. , url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/arsacids-ii , encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. II, Fasc. 5 , pages = 525–536 , year = 1986 Parthian cities Archaeological sites in Iran History of Razavi Khorasan Province Nishapur Quarter Lost ancient cities and towns