Sassanian Elite Cavalry AD 224-642
Contributors: Angus Mcbride (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: July 13, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781841767130
Subjects: Ancient Near East; Land forces & warfare; BCE to c 500 CE; Military - General; History - Military / War; History; Military; Science/Mathematics; Persian Empire; Military - Other; Ancient - General; Middle East - Iran; History / Military / General; Cavalerie.; Cavalry; Iran; Sassanids; gtt
First sentence: When the Sassanians overthrew the Parthians at Firuzabad in AD 224, they endeavored to recreate the Achaemenid superstate that encompassed Iranian-speaking peoples from Central Asia to the Kurds, Medes, and Persians of the Near East.
Notes: Elite