According to one tradition, the namesake of this dynasty was a vassal of Gochihr.
According to one tradition, the namesake of this dynasty was a vassal of Gochihr. This dynasty fell after battles at Qadisiyya and Nahavand, and their final ruler, Yazdegerd III, was killed soon after. This dynasty's founder killed Artabanus at Hormizdagan to establish it, and set up a capital at Firuzabad, Ardashir I. The Roman emperor Valerian was supposedly used as a human footstool after being captured in battle by one ruler of this dynasty, Shapur I. This empire covered most of Iraq and the western half of Pakistan and Afghanistan before falling to the newly-established Muslims. For 10 points, name this empire which resettled Ctesiphon after its predecessors, the Parthians, a Pahlavi-speaking Zoroastrian dynasty in Iran.
According to one tradition, the namesake of this dynasty was a vassal of Gochihr.
{Sassanid} [or {Sassanian}] dynasty/empire