Epic Fails of History #3


Actually, calling it a fail is a bit of a stretch. It was a savagely effective strategy, very successfully employed, for example, to keep the romans at bay. It also required awesome skills in both horse riding and archery. But I still think it's a bit silly it worked so well.
And yes, this is the origin of the expression 'parting shot'.

Sources:
Wikipedia, Parthian Shot
Dictionary.com, Parthian Shot
Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Parthian Army, Iran Chamber Society
Lieke Meulenbroek, The Parthian Shot: Kingship and Coinage in the early Arsacid Empire, University of Utrecht (page 33)  (or the cached version here)

1 comment :

  1. Meh, another wanna be cool (or "kewl", however you want to spell it) blog about random things.

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