Military history of the Sassanid Empire

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 120. Chapters: Battles involving the Sassanid Empire, Military units and formations of the Sassanid Empire, Muslim conquest of Persia, Roman¿Persian Wars, Sassanid castles, Sassanid generals, Battle of Nineveh, Yazdegerd III, Shahrbaraz, Byzantine¿Sassanid War of 602¿628, Khalid ibn al-Walid, Cataphract, Roman¿Parthian War of 161¿166, Battle of al-Qadisiyyah, Roman¿Parthian War of 58¿63, Sassanid army, Battle of Walaja, Roman¿Parthian Wars, Siege of Ctesiphon, Roman¿Persian War of 572¿591, Derbent, Battle of Solachon, Battle of Ullais, Siege of Jerusalem, Aratius, Battle of Ctesiphon, Battle of Jalula, Battle of Chains, Jewish revolt against Heraclius, Battle of Avarayr, Battle of Dara, Iberian War, Battle of Muzayyah, Siege of Constantinople, Roman¿Persian relations, Battle of Firaz, Anastasian War, Roman¿Sassanid War, Battle of Callinicum, Battle of River, Battle of Satala, Rostam Farrokhzad, Battle of Nahavand, Dailamites, Battle of Samarra, Grivpanvar, Lazic War, Siege of Amida, Battle of Rasil, Battle of Misiche, Battle of Oxus River, Takht-e Soleyman, Mihr-Mihroe, Antony's Parthian War, Shahin Vahmanzadegan, Savaran cavalry, Sassanid conquest of Egypt, Falak-ol-Aflak Castle, Eternal Peace, Tamkhosrau, Battle of Edessa, Battle of Ayn al-Tamr, Battle of Hormizdegan, Acacius of Amida, Kardarigan, Battle of the Bridge, Paighan, First Perso-Turkic War, Shahraplakan, Clibanarii, Battle of Antioch, Battle of Hira, Rhahzadh, Adarmahan, Ghal'eh Dokhtar, Siege of Singara, Adhurgunbadh, Zhayedan, Kanarang, Second Perso-Turkic War, Marzban, Narin Qal'eh, Battle of Blarathon, Spahbod, Shahin's invasion of Asia Minor, Battle of Al-Anbar, Hormuzan, Sarvestan Palace, Battle of Resaena, Battle of Sarus, Siege of Herat, Pushtigban Body Guards, Chirag Gala, Azarethes, Vahriz, Battle of Dhi Qar, Jalinus, Battle of Issus, Peace of Nisibis, Khurrazad, Battle of Barbalissos, Argbadh, Beerzan, Bahman, Stor Bezashk, Baresmanas, Merena, Tus citadel, Yezidabad castle. Excerpt: The Roman¿Persian Wars were a series of conflicts between states of the Greco-Roman world and two successive Persian empires. Contact between the Parthian Empire and the Roman Republic began in 92 BC; wars began under the late Republic, and continued through the Roman and Sassanid empires. They were brought to an end by the Arab Muslim invasions, which struck the Sassanid and Byzantine East Roman empires with shattering effect shortly after the end of the last war between them. Although warfare between the Romans and the Parthians/Sassanids lasted for seven centuries, the frontier remained largely stable. A game of tug of war ensued: towns, fortifications, and provinces were continuously sacked, captured, destroyed, and traded. Neither side had the logistical strength or manpower to maintain such lengthy campaigns far from their borders, and thus neither could advance too far without risking stretching their frontiers too thin. Both sides did make conquests beyond the border, but the balance was almost always restored in time. The line of stalemate shifted in the 2nd century AD: it had run along the northern Euphrates; the new line ran east, or later northeast, across Mesopotamia to the northern Tigris. There were also several substantial shifts further north, in Armenia and the Caucasus. The expense of resources during the Roman¿Persian Wars ultimately proved catastrophic for both empires. The prolonged and escalating warfare of the 6th and 7th centuries lef...