Even though the Arsacids only sporadically had their capital in Parthia, their power base was there, among the Parthian feudal families, upon whose military and financial support the Arsacids depended.
Incluso cando os arsácidas só esporadicamente tiveron a súa capital en Partia, a base do seu poder estaba alí, entre as familias feudais partas, de cuxo apoio militar e financeiro dependían os arsácidas.