The Sassanid Empire (In Our Time)
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Sassanian Empire. Founded around 226 AD, in Persia, the Sassanian Empire lasted over 400 years as a grand imperial rival to Rome. In modern day Iran, just down the road from the ancient Persian capital of Persepolis, there is a picture carved into a rock. It depicts a king, triumphant on horseback, facing two defeated enem
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- Edict of Milan (313)
- Reign of Marcus Aurelius (161)
- Gupta Empire (320)
- Conversion of Constantine (312)
- Sassanid Empire (224)
- Galen (129)
- Reign of Constantine the Great (306)
- Classic Maya civilization (250)
- Crisis of the Third Century (Roman Empire) (235)
- Reign of Diocletian (284)