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... , Seleucia, Ctesiphon, and Hecatompylos. Such expressions as "a Parthian shot" were suggested by the Parthian ruse in which mounted men used their arrows effectively while in simulated flight.BibliographySee N. C. Debevoise, A Political History of Parthia. (1938, repr. 1970); P. B. Lozinski, The Original Homeland of the Parthians. (1959); M. A. R. Colledge, The ...