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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 6785909, member: 26302&quot;]Um, I doubt you want me to show you all of my Sassanids. IDK if CT could handle the bandwidth. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I have no idea how many thousands I own.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are right about preoccupation with Byzantium and the damage this did to the Persians. Actually, Khusro II was paranoid and replaced the entirety of the SW guard with a different strategy because he did not trust those who were doing it. The deathknell for Khusro was he sent the cousin of his general Sharhbaraz to assasinate him, since he was fearful the Parthian general of his would overthrow him. Well, his cousin informed Sharhbaraz of the plan and marched back and overthrew Khusro II instead. The great Parthian families were always the military power of the Sasanians. When Khusro II crossed them, it was the end for him. When the Arabs invaded, half the Parthian nobility sided with them, which is why the Sasanians lost. Those families were rewarded with being able to strike &quot;Arab Sasanian&quot; coind for quite a while afterwards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Read &quot;The Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire&quot;. It was enlightening to me. Excellent book describing the final century of the Sasanians and why. Overall, there was a truce, the Sasanians ruled and the great Parthian families provided the military. From Khusro I on, the Sasanians tried to take this power back, even while the Parthians provided victory after victory for them. When on the brink of capturing the Byzantines Khusro II treacherously tried to assassinate the greatest general Sharhbaraz, this destroyed the &quot;truce&quot; and led to civil war, from which they never recovered. The Arabs walked right in. Without this treachery, no Arab army could have ever hoped to stand up to the Parthian horsemen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Changed my mind. I will post a Sasanid. Here is one of Ardashir, the founder of the dynasty.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1272005[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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