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Shapur III
Shapur III: king of Persia, ruling from 383 to 388, member of the Sasanian dynasty.
Main deeds:
- Name: Shapur III
- Son of Shapur II, but too young to rule when his father died in 379
- Regency of Ardašir III
- Beginning of reign: 383
- Not universally accepted; much internal struggle
- 387 Peace treaty with Rome: Armenia is divided
- End of reign: 388
- Succeeded by: his son Bahram IV
Rock Reliefs
(Numbers according to the Vanden Berghe list.)
- He appears to have attributed an Investiture relief in Taq-e Bostan to himself
General Literature on Sasanian Persia
- Touraj Daryaee, Sasanian Persia. The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2009)
- Josef Wiesehöfer, Das antike Persien. Von 550 v. Chr. bis 650 n. Chr. (1994)