Cyrus The Great

Cyrus The Great

male
kingofpersia, military strategy, Hellespont, religion, indus river, Neo-Babylonian Empire…Cyrus II of Persia, Father of the Nation
Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus II of Persia and Cyrus the Elder, was the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty. As...
Shapur I

Shapur I

male, deceased (272)
Sassanid, Sassanid Empire, Second Persian Empire, kingofpersia, Sassanid dynasty, Arsacid Dynasty
Shapur I was the second Sassanid King of the Second Persian Empire. The dates of his reign are commonly given as 241 - 272, but it is likely that...
Shapur III

Shapur III

male, deceased (388)
Sassanid, roman emperor, kingofpersia, Sassanid dynasty, Ancient Roman enemies
Shapur III was the eleventh Sassanid King of Persia from 383 to 388. Shapur III succeeded his brother Ardashir II in the year 388.
Ardashir II

Ardashir II

male, deceased (383)
Sassanid, Christian, kingofpersia, Sassanid dynasty, Adiabene, Shapur II of Persia
Ardashir II was the tenth Sassanid King of Persia from 379 to 383. He is believed by some to be the son and by others to be the brother of Shapur...

Bahram V

male, deceased (438)
Bahramgur, exilarch, Sassanid, arab, Soshandukht, Bahram…Yazdegerd I of Persia, kingofpersia
Bahram V was fourteenth Sassanid King of Persia (421-438). Also called Bahramgur, he was son of Yazdegerd I (399-421), after whose sudden death (or...
Yazdegerd I

Yazdegerd I

male, deceased (421)
Ancient Roman ally, religious intolerance, Ctesiphon, Persian language, Christianity in Iran, Fire Temple…Shapur III of Persia, kingofpersia
Yazdegerd I (in modern Persian:یزدگرد یکم) was thirteenth Sassanid King of Persia (399-421), son of Shapur III of Persia (383-388) succeeded...
Hormizd IV

Hormizd IV

male, deceased (590)
Sassanid Empire, Theodor Noldeke, Tiberius II, Tabari, kingofpersia, Turkic peoples
Hormizd IV, son of Khosrau I, reigned as the twenty-first King of Persia from 579 to 590. He seems to have been imperious and violent, but not...
Bahram IV

Bahram IV

male, deceased (399)
roman emperor, Sassanid, Khusro, theodosius, Tabari, Kirman…Shapur III of Persia, kingofpersia
Bahram IV was twelfth Sassanid King of Persia (388-399), son and successor of Shapur III of Persia (383-388), under whom he had been governor of...
Ardashir III

Ardashir III

male, deceased (630)
Sassanid, Sassanid Empire, kingofpersia, Sassanid dynasty
Ardashir III (c. 621-27 April 630) was the twenty-fourth Sassanid King of Persia from 628 to 630. Son of Kavadh II (628), he was raised to the...
Bahram I

Bahram I

male, deceased (276)
Second Persian Empire, Sassanid Empire, Sassanid, Shapur I of Persia, Hormizd I of Persia, Theophoric names…kingofpersia
Bahram I ("r." 273-276), was the fourth Sassanid emperor of the second Persian Empire. He succeeded his brother Hormizd I ("r." 272-273), who had...