{"slug": "ardashir-i", "label": "Ardashir I", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardashir_I", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q371319", "qid": "Q371319", "description": "founder of the Sassanid Empire (r. 224–242)", "entries": 13, "years": 12, "span": [180, 242], "span_label": ["180 CE", "242 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "sasanian-empire", "label": "Sasanian Empire", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "sassanid-empire", "label": "Sassanid Empire", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alexander-severus", "label": "Alexander Severus", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "parthia", "label": "Parthia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "persia", "label": "Persia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "turkey", "label": "Turkey", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cappadocia", "label": "Cappadocia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nusaybin", "label": "Nusaybin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mesopotamia-roman-province", "label": "Mesopotamia (Roman province)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-empire", "label": "Roman Empire", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 180, "year_label": "180 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ardashir I, founder of the Sasanian Empire (d. 242)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371305659#Births", "title": "AD 180", "revid": 1371305659, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 208, "year_label": "208 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ardashir I, ruler of Istakhr (Persia), revolts against his brother and founds the Sassanid Dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371187746#Parthia", "title": "208", "revid": 1371187746, "section": "Events › By place › Parthia"}}, {"year": 211, "year_label": "211 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ardashir I becomes king of part of Persia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371189735#Parthia", "title": "211", "revid": 1371189735, "section": "Events › By place › Parthia"}}, {"year": 220, "year_label": "220 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Ardashir I, founder of the Sassanid dynasty, gains support from some Parthian sub-kings and revolts against the rule of Vologases VI. Ardashir, a grandson of Sasan, had ruled Persis since 208 and six years earlier gained control of the region surrounding Persepolis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371227417#Parthian_Empire", "title": "220", "revid": 1371227417, "section": "Events › By place › Parthian Empire"}}, {"year": 227, "year_label": "227 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Ardashir I annexes his new empire from the east to the northwest. He conquers, with his army, the provinces of Chorasmia, Sistan and the island Bahrain in the Persian Gulf. The kings of the Kushan Empire and Turan recognize Ardashir as their overlord.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371189138#Persian_Empire", "title": "227", "revid": 1371189138, "section": "Events › By place › Persian Empire"}}, {"year": 228, "year_label": "228 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Ardashir I, four years after establishing the Sassanid Persian Empire, completes his conquest of Parthia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371304597#Persian_Empire", "title": "228", "revid": 1371304597, "section": "Events › By place › Persian Empire"}}, {"year": 230, "year_label": "230 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Ardashir I of the Persian Empire invades the Roman province of Mesopotamia, and unsuccessfully besieges the fortress town of Nisibis (Turkey). His army threatens the border outposts of Syria and Cappadocia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371190910#Persian_Empire", "title": "230", "revid": 1371190910, "section": "Events › By place › Persian Empire"}}, {"year": 232, "year_label": "232 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Roman–Persian Wars: Emperor Alexander Severus launches a three-pronged counterattack against the Persian forces of King Ardashir I, who have invaded Mesopotamia. However, the Roman army advancing through Armenia is halted. Alexander gives the order to march to the capital at Ctesiphon, but the Romans are defeated, and withdraw to Syria. The result is an acceptance of the status quo, and after heavy losses on both sides, a truce is signed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371191236#Roman_Empire", "title": "232", "revid": 1371191236, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 233, "year_label": "233 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Alexander Severus celebrates a triumph in Rome to observe his \"victory\" the previous year over the Persians (in reality, Severus Alexander advanced towards Ctesiphon in 233, but as corroborated by Herodian, his armies suffered a humiliating defeat against Ardashir I). He is soon summoned to the Rhine frontier, where the Alamanni invade what is now modern-day Swabia. German tribes destroy Roman forts, and plunder the countryside at the Limes Germanicus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371186513#Roman_Empire", "title": "233", "revid": 1371186513, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 240, "year_label": "240 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 12", "text": "April 12 – Prince Shapur I becomes co-ruler of the Sasanian Empire with his father King Ardashir I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371189859#Persia", "title": "240", "revid": 1371189859, "section": "Events › By place › Persia"}}, {"year": 241, "year_label": "241 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Prince Shapur I succeeds his father Ardashir I as ruler of the Sassanid Empire. He begins his expansion in India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371304577#Persia", "title": "241", "revid": 1371304577, "section": "Events › By place › Persia"}}, {"year": 242, "year_label": "242 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ardashir I, king of the Sassanid Empire (b. 180)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371192139#Deaths", "title": "242", "revid": 1371192139, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 242, "year_label": "242 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Ardashir I, founder of the Sassanid Empire, dies after a 30-year reign. He is succeeded by his son and co-ruler Shapur I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371192139#Persia", "title": "242", "revid": 1371192139, "section": "Events › By place › Persia"}}]}