Captivating History Press, 2018. — 80 p. Too often people tend to disregard Iranian history and its ancient empires as so-called bad guys, often barbaric and bloodthirsty, lacking the culture, morals, and finesse of Westerners. Yet this is far from the truth. Starting from the first Persian Empire under the Achaemenids, the culture, and achievements of the ancient Iranian...
Brill, 2018. — 176 p. — (Ancient Iran Series 6). This volume is a collection of papers on the various aspects of the Sasanian world which were delivered at the University of Oxford in 2014. Eminent scholars in such fields as numismatics, history, art history, Pahlavi, and Zoroastrian Studies provide important observations on the Sasanian Empire and its influence and contact...
Westholme Publishing, 2022. — 320 p. The Sasanian Empire at War: Persia, Rome, and the Rise of Islam, 224 – 651 is the first comprehensive study in English examining war and society in one of the most important empires in world history: the Persian Empire of 224-651, ruled by the Sasanian clan. At its height, the Sasanians governed lands from the Indus River in the east to...
NY: The Metropolitan museum of art, 1978. — 150 p. References Cited. Catalogue. Acquisition Numbers. Materials. Motifs. Index by Style. Index of Subsidiary and Decorative Elements. Inscriptions.
NY: The Metropolitan museum of art, 1981. — 273 p. Philippe de Montebello. Color Plates. Part One. Catalogue and Interpretation. Prudence O. Harper. Historical Outline. Medallion Bowls with Human Busts. Catalogue. Vessels with Hunting Scenes. The Numismatic Evidence. Catalogue. Elements Having a Chronological Significance. Definition of the Different Stylistic Groups....
Copenhagen: Levin & Munksgaard, 1936. — 559 p. Table des matières. Préface. Liste des abréviations. I. Résumé de la civilization iranienne avant l'avènement des Sassanides. II. Les sources de l'histoire politique et de l'histoire de la civilization sous les Sassanides. La fondation de la dynastie sassanide. L'organization de l'empire. Le zoroastrisme religion d'État. Le...
Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2022. — 346 p. — ISBN: 978-3-447-11414-1. The inaugural issue of Sasanian Studies: Late Antique Iranian World 1 (2022) is characterized by a selection of innovative and fresh research, done by excellent scholars in the field. The contributions cover already all major aspects of the study of the Sasanian and late Antique world, including the study...
Archeobooks, 2018. — 157 p. Modern scholarship in the domain of classical military studies increasingly acknowledges the efficacy and professional nature of the Sasanian military machine, or Spāh in antiquity. More specifically, scholars now acknowledge that the Sasanians matched the Romans (later Romano-Byzantines) in military sophistication. As expostulated in this book and a...
University of California – Irvine, 2015. — 234 p. The Roman-Sasanian War of the seventh century CE was the last conflict of late antiquity. Šahanšah Xusrō II nearly conquered the Roman Empire. James Howard-Johnston has studied the war extensively. Walter Kaegi has produced a biography of Xusrō II's opponent, Heraclius, while Geoffrey Greatrex and Touraj Daryaee have written...
University of Liverpool, 2015. — 295 p. Since Ardashir’s victory over the Parthians in A.D 224 to his successors’ eventual defeat at the hands of the Arabs in 651 the Roman and Sasanian Empires had been bitter and deadly rivals. Throughout Late Antiquity the Roman-Sasanian relationship was dominated by competition; a constant battle for imperial prestige, military supremacy,...
Edinburgh University Press, 2017. — 256 p. Central Asia is commonly imagined as the marginal land on the periphery of Chinese and Middle Eastern civilisations. At best, it is understood as a series of disconnected areas that served as stop-overs along the Silk Road. However, in the mediaeval period, this region rose to prominence and importance as one of the centres of...
Edinburgh University Press, 2017. — 336 p. The Sasanian Empire (3rd - 7th centuries) was one of the largest empires of antiquity, stretching from Mesopotamia to modern Pakistan and from Central Asia to the Arabian Peninsula. This mega-empire withstood powerful opponents in the steppe and expanded further in Late Antiquity, whilst the Roman world shrunk in size. Recent research...
University of California Press, 2010. — 460 p. — (Transformation of the Classical Heritage). This pioneering study examines a pivotal period in the history of Europe and the Near East. Spanning the ancient and medieval worlds, it investigates the shared ideal of sacred kingship that emerged in the late Roman and Persian empires. This shared ideal, while often generating...
The Sasanika Project, Late Antique Near East Project, pp - 36 Ardaxšīr I was able to defeat Ardawān (Artabanus IV) at the plain of Hormozgān in 224 CE and established the Sasanian Empire. From then on Ardaxšīr took the title of šāhān šāh King of Kings and began the conquest of a territory which he called Ērān.
London - New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation, 2008. – 552 p. This is a monumental work of first-class scholarship. Its publication represents a landmark, and it immediately becomes the point of departure for further work on the many subjects it deals with. I can think of few other books I have read over the years that can match this...
London – New York: I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation, 2009. – 248 p. – (International Library of Iranian Studies. Vol. 8). ISBN: 978-1-85043-898-4 The Sasanians were the last of the ancient Persian dynasties, and the largest empire to espouse Zoroastrianism, before the encounter with the Arabs swept away the pre-Islamic institutions. Using...