{"slug": "bahram-ii", "label": "Bahram II", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahram_II", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q299255", "qid": "Q299255", "description": "fifth Sasanian emperor (274–293)", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [276, 293], "span_label": ["276 CE", "293 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "sassanid-empire", "label": "Sassanid Empire", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ctesiphon", "label": "Ctesiphon", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ancient-rome", "label": "Ancient Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christianity", "label": "Christianity", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "buddhism", "label": "Buddhism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "manichaeism", "label": "Manichaeism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zoroastrianism", "label": "Zoroastrianism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "armenia", "label": "Armenia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tiridates-iii-of-armenia", "label": "Tiridates III of Armenia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "narseh", "label": "Narseh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sasanian-empire", "label": "Sasanian Empire", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 276, "year_label": "276 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Bahram I of Persia dies after a 3-year reign, in which the Zoroastrian priests at Ctesiphon (Iran) put pressure on him to persecute Buddhists, Christians, and Manichaeans. He is succeeded by his son Bahram II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267074469#Sassanid_Empire", "title": "276", "revid": 1267074469, "section": "Events › By place › Sassanid Empire"}}, {"year": 280, "year_label": "280 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Bahram II of the Sassanid Empire (Persia) sends envoys to seek peaceful relations with Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367495474#Persia", "title": "280", "revid": 1367495474, "section": "Events › By place › Persia"}}, {"year": 283, "year_label": "283 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The King of Kings Bahram II fights a civil war against his brother Hormizd, the king of Sakastan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307980994#Persian_Empire", "title": "283", "revid": 1307980994, "section": "Events › By place › Persian Empire"}}, {"year": 284, "year_label": "284 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King of Kings Bahram II installs Mirian III, of the House of Mihran, on the throne of the Kingdom of Iberia. Mirian would rule the kingdom until his death in c. 361.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344146405#Persian_Empire", "title": "284", "revid": 1344146405, "section": "Events › By place › Persian Empire"}}, {"year": 287, "year_label": "287 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Diocletian signs a peace treaty with King Bahram II of Persia, and installs the pro-Roman Arsacid Tiridates III as king over the western portion of Armenia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367363352#Roman_Empire", "title": "287", "revid": 1367363352, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 291, "year_label": "291 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Bahram II fights against a coalition consisting of his brother Hormizd of Sakastan, the Kushano-Sasanians, and the Gilans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1270957689#Persian_Empire", "title": "291", "revid": 1270957689, "section": "Events › By place › Persian Empire"}}, {"year": 293, "year_label": "293 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Bahram II of the Persian Empire dies after a 17-year reign; his son Bahram III ascends to the throne. After four months, Bahram III's great-uncle Narseh, the king of Persarmenia, marches on the Persian capital Ctesiphon with the support of a faction of the nobility and the eastern Satraps. Bahram is overthrown and Narseh is declared the new King of Kings.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367495846#Persia", "title": "293", "revid": 1367495846, "section": "Events › By place › Persia"}}, {"year": 293, "year_label": "293 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Bahram II, king of the Sassanid Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367495846#Deaths", "title": "293", "revid": 1367495846, "section": "Deaths"}}]}