State224–651
Sasanian Empire
The last pre-Islamic Iranian empire (224–651) and Rome’s great rival in the East; in 260 its king Shapur I took the emperor Valerian prisoner.
- Dates
- 224 – 651
- Events
- 2 events
- Regions
- Western and Central Europe, Balkans and Anatolia
- In the threads
- Europe in the Roman age (1st–5th c.), Early medieval Europe (500–1000)
Events
- Crisis of the Third CenturyMarch 235 – 20 November 284 · Western and Central Europe
- Avar–Persian siege of Constantinople29 June – 7 August 626 · Balkans and Anatolia