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Sassanian
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Sas·sa·ni·an or Sa·sa·ni·an  (s-sn-n, s-) also Sas·sa·nid (s-sänd, -snd, ss-nd)
adj.
Of or relating to a Persian dynasty (a.d. 224-651) and the last line of Persian kings before the Arab conquest. The Sassanian era was marked by wars against Romans, Armenians, and Huns and by the revival of Zoroastrianism and Achaemenid custom.
n.
A member or subject of this dynasty.
[After Sassan, ancestor of Ardashir I, founder of the dynasty.]
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Whether he is casting doubt on the purported greater aggressiveness of the Sasanians compared to their Parthian predecessors or assessing the strength of Germanic confederations, Goldsworthy often reaches back to more familiar ground to claim that foreign threats were not greater on the eve of the 3rd-century crisis.
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