page_title: Sasanian architecture
section_title: Foreign influences
hierarchical_section_title: Sasanian architecture / Sassanid influence / Foreign influences
caption_attribution_description: English: Roman-built Band-e Kaisar ("Caesar's dam") in Shushtar, Iran, said to have been built by Roman prisoners during the reign of Shapur I (ca. 260−270 AD). The dam bridge, the most eastern Roman engineering structure, was the first of its kind in Iran. Deutsch: Der römische Band-e Kaisar ("Caesars Damm") in Schuschtar (Iran), der laut der persischen Überlieferung unter der Herrschaft von Schapur I. von römischen Kriegsgefangenen errichtet wurde (um 260−270 n. Chr.). Der Brückendamm, der östlichste jemals errichtete römische Ingenieurbau, war der erste seiner Art in Iran.
context_page_description: Sasanian architecture refers to the Persian architectural style that reached a peak in its development during the Sasanian era. In many ways the Sasanian Empire period witnessed the highest achievement of Iranian civilization, and constituted the last great pre-Islamic Persian Empire before the Muslim conquest. In fact part of Sasanian architecture was adopted by Muslims and became part of Islamic architecture.
  The Sasanian dynasty, like the Achaemenid Empire, originated in the province of Persis. They saw themselves as successors to the Achaemenians, after the Hellenistic and Parthian dynasty interlude, and perceived it as their role to restore the greatness of Persia.
context_section_description: Byzantine architecture had influence on some Sassanid architecture, one of the good examples is at Bishapur, some of the floors were decorated with mosaics showing scenes of merrymaking as at a banquet; the Roman influence here is clear, and the mosaics may have been laid by Roman prisoners.
  Buildings were also decorated with wall paintings; particularly fine examples have been found on Mount Khajeh in Sistan.
caption: Band-e Kaisar
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