Sassanid
Americannoun
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Sassanids,
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Sassanidae
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adjective
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Origin of Sassanid
1770–80; Sassan grandfather of first king of dynasty + -id 1
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Named a World Heritage site in 2015, it was “an important center of the Roman, Sassanid, Byzantine, Islamic and Ottoman periods,” she added.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2023
The ancient city of Hatra fended off two Roman emperors and repulsed a ruler of Persia’s powerful Sassanid dynasty.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 10, 2015
The Byzantine and Sassanid empires had been in conflict for a long period of time and were exhausted militarily.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
The powerful Sassanid Persians attacked relentlessly in the east.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
But after the middle of the third century the Sassanid dynasty restored the power of Persia and revived its ancient pretensions.
From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Franz Cumont
Mordtmann has shown on the coins of the Arsacids and Sassanids the stages between the older forms and the language of Firdusi; "Z. D. M. G."
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Max Duncker
His kingdom was honeycombed with Christianity, and he wished to draw closer to the West, where he foresaw the victory of the new faith, in order to fortify his realm against the Sassanids of Persia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
The Samanids boasted to be sprung from the Sassanids, the Ziads were reproached with being idolaters in heart and Moslem in tongue.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Max Duncker
Internal disturbances of a religious and political character and external disasters had long ago shattered the empire of the Sassanids indeed, but the Iranians had not yet lost their patriotism.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
From Ardeshir down to Narses, i. e. from 226 to 302 A.D., the writing on the coins agrees with the West Pehlevi of the monuments of the Sassanids.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Max Duncker
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