Ardashir I Quotes
It is not possible to appropriate the art and heroism of another through tyranny, unpleasantness, falsehood, and injustice.
Founder of the Sassanian Dynasty
Ardashir I, ?-240, King of Persia Statement to the son of Artabanus, The Records of Ardashir
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Ardashir I or Ardeshir I, also known as Ardashir the Unifier (180 – 242 AD), was the founder of the Sasanian Empire. He was also Ardashir V of the Kings of Persis, until he founded the new empire. After defeating the last Parthian shahanshah Artabanus IV on the Hormozdgan plain in 224, he overthrew the Parthian dynasty and established the Sasanian dynasty. Afterwards, Ardashir called himself "shahanshah" and began conquering the land that he called Iran.