Sassanian Definition

adjective
Of or relating to a Persian dynasty ( ad 224–651) and the last line of Persian kings before the Arab conquest. The Sassanian era was marked by wars against the Romans, Armenians, and Huns and by the revival of Zoroastrianism and Achaemenid custom.
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noun
A member or subject of this dynasty.
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Other Word Forms of Sassanian

Noun

Singular:
Sassanian
Plural:
sassanians

Origin of Sassanian

  • After Sassan , ancestor of Ardashir I, founder of the dynasty

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sassanian Sentence Examples

  • In the time of the Sassanian kings, however, as at the present time, the Tigris occupied a more easterly course.

  • The modern Persians call this place Nakshi Rustam (" the picture of Rustam ") from the Sassanian reliefs beneath the opening, which they take to be a representation of the mythical hero Rustam.

  • The Sassanian kings have covered the face of the rocks in this neighbourhood, and in part even the Achaemenian ruins, with their sculptures and inscriptions, and must themselves have built largely here, although never on the same scale of magnificence as their ancient predecessors.

  • This gigantic work, the line of which may still be traced throughout its course, was formerly called the Khandak Sabur or " Sapor's trench," being ascribed to the Sassanian king, Shapur I.

  • About the 5th century, during the rule of the Persian Sassanian dynasty, Mery was the seat of a Christian archbishopric of the Nestorian Church.

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