The components include fortification structures, palaces, reliefs and city remains dating back to the earliest and latest moments of the Sassanid Empire, which stretched across the region from 224 to ...

The constant civil wars attracted barbarians to attack from all directions as well as the old Roman rival on the East, the ...

TEHRAN - A new phase of archaeological excavations has commenced on the ruins of Valerian’s Palace in the ancient city of ...

In the early fourth century, the Roman Empire officially embraced Christianity. It now faced a new geopolitical adversary: the Sassanid Persian Empire, where Zoroastrianism was the state religion.

the objective of reaching the eastern Mediterranean and establishing a presence there goes way back and was a key factor in the wars between Iran’s ancient Sassanid Empire and the Eastern Roman ...