Alternate Spellings:
Sasanid
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Introduction to Ancient Persia Ancient Iran - The Sassanids, A.D. 224-642 Elsewhere on the Web:
Definition:
The kings of the Sassanid Dynasty, from A.D. 224-651, ruled an empire similar in extent to the Persian Empire of the earlier Achaemenid Dynasty. The Sassanid capital was at Ctesiphon (now Tak-i-Kesra), about 20 miles southeast of Baghdad.
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• Sassanid Dynasty Kings
Shaking off the influence of the Greeks, the Sassanids revived earlier Persian customs, including rigid social stratification, and adopted Zoroastrian beliefs.
The Sassanids fought repeatedly with the Roman or Byzantine Empire. Eventually the Arabs invaded and conquered the Sassanids.
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