The Sassanid era is of very high importance in the history of Iran. Under the Sassanids, Persian architecture and the arts experienced a general renaissance. Architecture often took grandiose ...

The concept of sovereignty in Iran has deep historical roots that persisted through a succession of dynasties and empires, including the Achaemenids, Parthians, and Sassanids, laying the groundwork ...

Waqf like institutions were present in the Roman Empire as well as amongst the Sassanians. And it appears most likely that the early Islamic society borrowed this institution from the Sassanids.

Herodotus VIII.53 Numerous remains of statues, vandalized by the Achaemenids, have been found, known collectively as the “Perserschutt,” or “Persian rubble.” The statue “Nike (Victory) of Callimachus, ...

The ancient Ottoman and Persian borders are becoming lines of friction, just as they were under the Roman Empire facing the Sassanids. This expansion is primarily expressed through economics. Turkey ...

The toll? Nearly 7 million lives. For over seven centuries, the Roman Empire clashed with the Parthians, later succeeded by the Sassanids, along the Persia-Europe border. These conflicts revolved ...

Pressed by movements of the Persian Sassanids, Constantius tasked his cousin Julian with liberating the Rhine from the barbarian threat. However, being extremely cautious with potential rivals, ...