Episode 3.2 - Ardashir I
/Ardashir rose from being the commander of a fortress in southern Persia to leading the Persian overthrow of the Parthian dynasty. He created the Sassanid Persian Empire, which lasted 4 centuries and greatly influenced culture in the region even to this day.
Sources:
Ehsan Yarshater (ed.), Encyclopædia Iranica,
Touraj Daryaee, "Ardaxsir and the Sassanians' Rise to Power", 2010
The Cambridge History of Iran, Chapter 4, The Political History of Iran Under the Sasanians
The Cambridge Ancient History, Chapter 14, The Sassanians
Cassius Dio, Historia Romana
Siamak Adhami, "A Question of Legitimacy: The Case of Ardasir I", The Indo-Iranian Journal, 2003
Matthew Canepa, "Technologies of Memory in Early Sasanian Iran: Achaemenid Sites and Sasanian Identity", American Journal of Archaeology, 2010
Dalia Levit-Tawil, "The Sasanian Rock Relief at Darabgird - A Re-Evaluation", Journal of Near Easter Studies, 1992
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