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Synopsis:\xa0 Ardeshir defeats Artabanus in battle and claims the Parthian Empire for the Sasanids.\xa0 After a failed attempt to conquer Armenia, he sets his sights on the Roman East.\n\u201cThen (Ardeshir) came to battle with Artabanus, killed the entire army of the latter, seized their wealth, property, horses, and portable lodges, and settled himself in Istakhr.\xa0 He collected soldiers in large numbers from Kerman, Mokristan, Isfahan, and different districts of Fars, and came to fight with Artabanus himself.\xa0 So Artabanus sent for soldiers and provisions from different frontiers\u2026But as the Glory of the Kayanians (Achaemenids) was with Ardeshir, the latter gained success. He killed Artabanus, whose entire wealth and property fell into the hands of Ardeshir, who married Artabanus\u2019s daughter, and went back to Fars.\u201d \u2013 The Book of Deeds of Ardeshir Son of Pabag, Chapter IV\xa0\n\u201cArtaxerxes, a Persian, having conquered the Parthians in three battles and killed their king, Artabanus, made a campaign against Hatra, which he endeavored to take as a base for attacking the Romans.\xa0 He did make a breach in the wall but, as he lost a number of soldiers through an ambuscade, he transferred his position to Media.\xa0 Of this district, as also of Parthia, he acquired no small portion, partly by force and partly by intimidation, and then marched against Armenia.\xa0 Here he suffered a reverse at the hands of the natives, some Medes, and the children of Artabanus, and either fled (as some say) or (as others assert) retired to prepare a larger expedition.\xa0 He accordingly became a source of fear for us.\u201d \u2013 Cassius Dio, Rome, Book 80\xa0\n\n Map of the Roman-Sasanid Frontier c. 232 AD:\n https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/SASANID_FINAL.jpg\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices