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defenders in time of war. The Sassanids, like the Parthians, were in constant hostilities with the Roman Empire. The Sassanids, who succeeded the Parthians

culminating in the Battle of Nahāvand, the last major battle of the Sassanids. The Sassanid dynasty came to an end with the death of Yazdegerd III in 651.

as a threat to the Sassanids and even to the Guptas. After a long struggle, the Kidarites were forced to align with the Sassanids against the Romans.They

The Sasanian dynasty (also known as the Sassanids or the House of Sasan) was the house that founded the Sasanian Empire of Iran, ruling this empire from

mint. Indo-Sassanid coin. A gold Indo-Sassanid coin. The Indo-Sassanids traded goods such as silverware and textiles depicting the Sassanid emperors engaged

Byzantine Empire and Sassanid Iran to retain a degree of independence. After the abolition of the Iberian kingship by the Sassanids c. 580, the dynasty

rightfully belong to the Persian sphere. Everett Wheeler argues that "the Sassanids, administratively more centralized than the Parthians, formally organized

province against the Sassanids. During the 3rd century, III Parthica took part in several other campaigns against the Sassanids; even if there are few

the Sassanids were suspicious of Roman Christianity, and after the reign of Constantine the Great, sometimes persecuted it. In 451 CE, the Sassanid authority

Nisibis (252) by the Sassanids under Shapur I Siege of Nisibis (262) by the Romans under Odaenathus Siege of Nisibis (338) by the Sassanids under Shapur II