Sasanian campaign of Gordian III

The Sasanian Campaign of Gordian III was an episode of the Roman–Sasanian Wars. The war between the Roman Empire, ruled by the Roman Emperor Gordian III (r. 238–244), during the period of military anarchy, and the rule of the Sasanians, led by Shapur I (r. 241–272), who succeeded his father Ardashir I (r. 224–241), was fought in a period between 242 and 244 and ended with a Sasanian victory and the death of Gordian III. == Historical context == === Background === Between 224 and 226–227 it had happened that in the East the last emperor of the Parthian Empire, Artabanus IV, had been overthrown in the Battle of Hormozdgan on 28 April, and the rebel, Ardashir I, had founded the Sasanian dynasty, destined to be a fearsome eastern adversary of the Romans until the 7th century.

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