HIST 3180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ardashir I, Anahita, Sasan
15 Mar 2018
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We move in the 100th ad, parthians rule became more fragmented and de centralized. 116ad, roman emperor trajan, launch a massive invasion on parthian land. In the year 218, parthian defeated the romans. At least 3 occasions, the romans went in bound of the parthian in land. Parthians were never successful of placing their faith in the persian society. Fars was a trouble spot for the parthians. Ardeshir i became king after defeating ardawan iv (last parthian king) -224 ce. Papag was a descendent of priest who took care of temple of anahita (cult was famous for warriors) The city which had anahita was the city of istakhr. Sasan was the grandfather of ardeshir (some believe he was the father -in law of papg) One of the care takers of anahita was a person called sasan. Around 200- papag defeat a local leader who was a vessel of parthians. Papag was showing his legitimacy being a descendent of achemedians.
