Ever since the rise of the Sassanian dynasty in the 3rd Century CE, the Persians had fought against their Roman or Byzantine neighbors. Though …
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The Persian Sasanian Empire: An Ancient Superpower
The last great Persian Empire before the rise of Islam, the Sasanians were Rome's major rival in the late imperial period.
Although it had once been one of the most powerful empires of Late Antiquity, by 632 CE the Sassanid Empire was a shadow of its former self. The …
The accounts of the fall of the Parthians and the rise of the Sasanians are shrouded by time. Yet the Sasanians rose from obscurity to establish one …
The Last Great War of Antiquity' was a long and devastating conflict between the Roman (Byzantine) Empire and the Sassanids that weakened both …