#JulianTheApostate, a fascinating #RomanEmperor with a brief reign, left #Antioch on #ThisDayInHistory in 363 to attack the #Sassanid #PersianEmpire. In a hasty retreat Julian fought without armour and was probably killed by a #Christian soldier for his repudiation of the faith.

During the Last Great War between Rome & Persia, #Sassanid ruler #KhosrowII, who had conquered much Roman land, was deposed by his son Sheroe on #ThisDayInHistory in 628. That son then executed his father and brothers, gave back Byzantine lands for peace, & triggered a civil war.

New Entries of the Encyclopaedia Iranica

Encyclopedia Iranica has published three new articles on a Sasanid king, a German architect, and a Qajar illuminator mailchi.mp/eifusa/uc-irvines-dr-sam... #iranistik #sassanid

Ancient DNA indicates 3,000 years of genetic continuity in the Northern Iranian Plateau, from the Copper Age to the Sassanid Empire - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Ancient DNA indicates 3,000 years of genetic continuity in the Northern Iranian Plateau, from the Copper Age to the Sassanid Empire

@ycozdemir.bsky.social presented findings that indicate genetic continuity from the #CopperAge to the #Sassanid Empire on the Iranian Plateau.
Full study in Nature Scientific Reports: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Short summary on our website: bit.ly/46vm0v8

#aDNA #ancientDNA #PopGen

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Ein 40x40cm Kopfkissenbezug aus Natur- Stoff, aufgedruckt mit 18 stilisierten Zypressen in rot, liegt auf Tisch, auf persisch modern glasierten Tellern

#FotoVorschlag

'Dinge die mit "S" beginnen oder so aussehen ...'

Geht auch in anderen Sprachen? Zum Beispiel „sarv“ auf #Persisch ist eine (stilisierte) Zypresse.

Auch: Boteh-Muster

#cypress #flame #zoroastrian #sassanid #silkroad #paisley #immortality #resilience #AWhiffOfPersia

Young Kavad III - SMG4-Epsilon AU #smg4 #smg4oc #smg4fanart #persia #sassanid #history #ancient

Kavad III - The last Sasanid Persian King, and leader of the SMG4-Epsilon AU villainous trio. #smg4 #smg4oc #oc #ocfanart #persia #iran #sassanid #history #ancient

Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, and Tamerlane, Sword of Islam Review of Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes that Shaped Civilization by Kenneth W. Harl

Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, and Tamerlane, Sword of Islam open.substack.com/pub/crawdadd...

#Genghis #Khan #Attila #Tamerlane #Islam #civilization #Huns #Alans #Mongols #nomads #steppe #Rome #Persia #China #war #warrior #China #India #Scythian #Sassanid #Parthian #Eurasia #Hungary

#Hatra was a city founded by the #Seleucid Empire and later destroyed in the #Sassanid Empire.
Hatran inscriptions were also found in #Assur.

Full page: matuww.github.io/script_info/...
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#art
#portrait
#matuww

Here is an example of Book #Pahlavi epigraphy:
The opening of "Kar-Namag i Ardashir i Pabagan", the story of Ardashir I, the founder of the #Sassanid dynasty.

Sources:
tinyurl.com/bdabmyj6
#history
#Persian
#Iran
#matuww
#epigraphy
#calligraphy
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Inscriptional #Pahlavi is used to write Middle #Persian in the #Parthian and later the #Sassanid Empire.

Full page: matuww.github.io/script_info/...
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#art
#matuww

Inscriptional #Parthian was used to write Parthian and #Aramaic in the Parthian and #Sassanid Empire centred in modern-day #Iran and its vicinities.

Full page: matuww.github.io/script_info/...
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#art
#matuww

#art
#sassanid
#armor
#cataphract
Not really great with drawing so uhhhh 💀😭

#Sassanid #farregion #IranianCulturalSites

A late Sassanid plate showing Shah Bahram V hunting from camel-back. Bahram became Shah in 420 CE when his father was assassinated and he returned from exile at the head of an army. He spent his reign winning over the priests and nobles

#history #persia #iran #podcast #sassanid