{{short description|Ancient city, one of the capitals of the Parthian Empire}} {{expand Persian}} '''Asaak''', '''Arsacia''' (Latin) or '''Arshak''' (Parthian) was an ancient city which was a capital and royal necropolis of the Parthian Empire.{{sfn|Daryaee|2012|p=179-180}} Many of the Parthian kings such as Arsaces I were crowned in Asaak.{{sfn|Schippmann|1986|pp=525–536}}
Some has suggested it to be identified with the Old City near Quchan, Iran in the upper Atrek River valley.
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== Sources == * {{cite book | title = The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History | year = 2012 | publisher = Oxford University Press | last = Daryaee | first = Touraj | author-link = Touraj Daryaee | isbn = 978-0-19-987575-7 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=K-poAgAAQBAJ | access-date = 2019-01-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190101051501/https://books.google.dk/books?id=K-poAgAAQBAJ&pg | archive-date = 2019-01-01 | url-status = dead }} * {{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 }}
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