The Armies of Ancient Persia: The Sassanians by Kaveh Farrokh
English | October 17th, 2017 | ISBN: 1848848455 | 585 pages | EPUB | 24.66 MB
Throughout most of the classical period, Persia was one of the great superpowers, placing a limit on the expansion of Western powers. It was the most formidable rival to the Roman Empire for centuries, until Persia, by then under the Sassanians, was overwhelmed by the Islamic conquests in the seventh century AD.