65. Narseh

We’re finally out of Bahram’s and the promised heir is here, will Narseh live up to his reputation now that he’s king of kings? Join us for a quest for legitimacy, an internal reform, and a rematch with Rome.

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Khodadad Rezakhani, ReOrienting the Sasanians

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Paikuli Inscription

Ammianus Marcellinus, the Roman History Book XXIII.5.11

Eutropius, Abridgement of Roman History IX.24-25

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Festus, Breviarium 25

Lactantius, De Mortibus Persecutorum 9

Zonaras 12.31

Peter The Patrician FR201-202

The Chronicle of Seert XII: Sergius and Bacchus

The Sassanid empire as daddy Shapur left it

The empire as Narseh has left it, fine in the east, depressing in the west

A relief of Narseh at Naqsh-e Rostam

Sariel’s Narseh wishes he could go back to a better time