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Iran

Bishapur

Persian (Achaemenid) · Iran

Field notes

civilizations: Persian (Achaemenid)
types: City
built: 226 CE
occupied: 226 CE — 700 CE
country: Iran

The site

Bishapur is an ancient city in Iran and one of the capitals of the Sasanian Empire, founded in the third century CE by order of Shapur I to mark a Sasanian victory over Rome. Sprawling across about 200 hectares, it is one of the few Iranian cities laid out on Greek urban planning principles. A World Heritage Site, it once rivaled great eastern Roman cities like Antioch before declining after the Muslim conquest.

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