Sassanians
Sassanids

Ancient Sassanians built public baths to serve as rest centers.

Sassanians called the city "Harēv".

After the capture and sack of Amida, he was gibbeted by the victorious Sassanians along with his tribunes.

Sassanians occupied the area around 240 Ad but after a few years the Roman Empire regained control of Caucasian Albania.

After Alexander, Greco-Bactrians, Scythians, Kushans, Parthians and Sassanians ruled the area.

Raghuvamsha tells of a war expedition of king Raghu (Chandragupta Vikramaditya) against the Parasikas (Sassanians), Hunas and the Kambojas located in northern division or Uttarapatha.

Ardashir, the first ruler of Iranian Sassanians dynasty marched forward Oman and Bahrain and defeat Sanatruq (or Satiran), probably the Parthian governor of Eastern Arabia.

While the clan of Suren were "arch-marshalls" responsible for the army commando, under the Sassanians the Karenas now were well known by name and hold the office of "arch-treasurers" in charge of the empire's finances.

In later times Avars and Slavs still raided the remaining Byzantine lands as Maurice was hard pressed to defend his native Cappadocia and Armenia from the mighty Sassanians of Persia.

During this period, Miaphysites were subject to a great deal of persecution from the Sassanians, under suspicion that as they obeyed a spiritual head residing in Byzantine territory, they were therefore inclined to support the Byzantines.

One of the first deployments of Sassanian grivpanvar occurred at the Battle of Edessa in 259 AD, where a powerful army of Sassanians led by the emperor Shapur I came under assault from Roman sovereign Valerian's soldiers, including the renowned and elite imperial Praetorian Guard.

For their part, the Sassanids struggled to establish a stable government.

The old mighty empire of the Sassanids had ceased to exist.

As a reaction he started his rebellion against Sassanids.

Heavy casualties were suffered by the Sassanids during these pursuits.

Heraclius immediately took charge of the ongoing war against the Sassanids.

The Sassanids pressed the attack, and the Muslims fell back.

The Sassanids inherited them and elevated their designs into full maturity.

The Sassanids continued the struggle to regain lost territory.

Even when a strong king emerged following a series of coups, the Sassanids never completely recovered.

A canal dug at the time of the Sassanids, ends in Iraq.

At this time, they were vassals of the Persian Sassanids.

It would take several years for a strong king to emerge from a series of coups, and the Sassanids never had time to recover fully.

Culturally, the Sassanids implemented a system of social stratification.

Under the Sassanids the province would become part of the area known as Khorasan.

There are indications that especially colorful decorated fabrics had a special importance under the Sassanids.

Next, the Sassanids attacked Tower 14, the southernmost along the western wall.

Their defense against the Sassanids had failed.

Zoroastrianism dominated in the time of Sassanids, and later did Islam.

They were to disregard attempts of the Sassanids to have them exit the fortifications and fight in the open.

He won a victory over the Sassanids at Satala.

The Samanids, who claimed inheritance to the Sassanids, had their capital built here.

The art of the Sassanids is mainly characterized by its architecture, reliefs and toreutics.

Under the Sassanids, the arches developed by the Parthians were further pursued.

The Sassanids began the attack with siege towers and attempted to take the city hastily, but were largely unsuccessful.

These kingdoms were at first vassals of Sassanids.