Ardashir I Founds the Sasanian State

224 CE · İran · political

By defeating the Arsacids, the last Persian dynasty of the Parthians, he founded the Sasanian Empire and proclaimed Zoroastrianism the state religion; Rome's rival in the East for the next 400 years had arisen.

| The revival of Iranian-Persian identity; the last great period of Zoroastrianism as a state religion.

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What was Ardashir I Founds the Sasanian State?
By defeating the Arsacids, the last Persian dynasty of the Parthians, he founded the Sasanian Empire and proclaimed Zoroastrianism the state religion; Rome's rival in the East for the next 400 years had arisen.
When did Ardashir I Founds the Sasanian State happen?
224 CE
Where did Ardashir I Founds the Sasanian State take place?
İran