A cikin rabin rabin rayuwarsa, kotun Arsacid ta karɓi abubuwan al'adun Girka, kodayake daga baya ta ga sake farfado da al'adun Iran. An ba wa sarakunan Arsacid taken "Sarkin Sarakuna", a matsayin da'awar zama magajin daular Achaemenid; hakika, sun yarda da sarakuna da yawa na gida a matsayin masu mulki inda Achaemenid za su nada tsakiya, kodayake masu cin gashin kansu ne, satraps. Kotun ta nada ƙananan satraps, galibi a waje da Iran, amma waɗannan satrapies sun fi ƙanƙanta da iko fiye da Achaemenid.
Farisa, Hellenistic, da kuma al'adun yankin