The #RomanEmperor #Julian (aka #JulianTheApostate) defeated the #SasanianEmpire at #BattleOfCtesiphon, #ThisDayInHistory in 363, under the walls of the #Sassanid capital, but failed to take the city. His Persian campaign ended ignominiously when he was assassinated a month later.

Sassanid vase, silver, Iran, 7th-8th century AD

Shushtar Hydraulic System, Iran

(Vaguely) Horse-shaped Sassanid vase, Iran, 2nd-6th century AD

#JulianTheApostate, a fascinating #RomanEmperor with a brief reign, left #Antioch on #ThisDayInHistory in 363 to attack the #Sassanid #PersianEmpire. In a hasty retreat Julian fought without armour and was probably killed by a #Christian soldier for his repudiation of the faith.

During the Last Great War between Rome & Persia, #Sassanid ruler #KhosrowII, who had conquered much Roman land, was deposed by his son Sheroe on #ThisDayInHistory in 628. That son then executed his father and brothers, gave back Byzantine lands for peace, & triggered a civil war.

Persian cataphracts on the charge

𝗕𝘆𝘇𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆'𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗱
Incredible 1,400-year-old hoard of Byzantine gold coins and jewelry discovered near Sea of Galilee reveals the dramatic final days of an ancient Christian city during Persian invasion.
#treasure #persian #Sassanid #AncientHistory
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/byzantine-gold-sussita-0022483

The visual landscape of rock art in Qeydu Valley in Teymare in the Central Iranian Plateau [pdf 31pp] #RockArt #petroglyphs #chalcolithic #Parthian #Sassanid #Islamic https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212054824000432