_Early notices of the Parthians.

Their Ethnic character and connections.
Their position under the Persian Monarchs, from Cyrus the Great to Darius III.

(Codomannus.)_ The Parthians do not appear in history until a comparatively recent period.

Their name occurs nowhere in the Old Testament Scriptures.
They obtain no mention in the Zendavesta.

The Assyrian Inscriptions are wholly silent concerning them.