Editing Arrian (section)

=== ''Parthica'' ===
A lost work of seventeen books, fragments of ''Parthica'' were maintained by the [[Suda]] and [[Stephanus of Byzantium]]. The work survives only in adaptations made later by [[Photius]] and [[George Syncellus|Syncellus]]. Translated, the title is ''History of the Parthians''. Arrian's aim in the work was to set forth events of the [[Trajan's Parthian campaign|Parthian war]] of [[Trajan]]. The writing mentioned that the [[Parthian Empire|Parthians]] trace their origins to [[Artaxerxes II]].<ref>CG Starr, [https://books.google.com/books?id=bA3kgtZU1iMC&dq=History+of+the+Parthians+Arrian&pg=PA643 A History of the Ancient World] Oxford University Press, 1991 {{ISBN|0195066286}} [Retrieved 2015-04-03] (ed. supporting / secondary source for < lost >)</ref><ref name="A. B. Bosworth">{{cite journal |jstor=637903|title=Arrian's Literary Development|journal=The Classical Quarterly|volume=22|issue=1|pages=163–185|author=A. B. Bosworth|publisher= Cambridge University Press|year=1972|doi=10.1017/S0009838800034170|s2cid=170448822 }}</ref><ref name="[[Encyclopædia Iranica]]">{{cite encyclopedia |entry-url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/arrian-greek-historian|title=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]]|editor= E Yarshater|entry=Arrian| access-date=3 April 2015}}</ref><ref>J Wiesehofer, [https://books.google.com/books?id=yFocMaM49SgC&dq=History+of+the+Parthians+Arrian&pg=PA133 Ancient Persia (p. 131 – the link opens p. 133)] I.B. Tauris, 2001 {{ISBN|1860646751}} [Retrieved 2 April 2015]</ref><ref>E. Yarshater, [https://books.google.com/books?id=y7IHmyKcPtYC&dq=History+of+the+Parthians+Arrian&pg=PA697 The Cambridge History of Iran: Seleucid Parthian (p. 697)] Cambridge University Press, 1983 {{ISBN|0521246938}} [Retrieved 3 April 2015]</ref>