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| | Definition of Ardashir I |
 | | In 228, he brought the Parthian Empire which had held sway over the region for 400 years to its demise. |
| | Ardeshir claimed that he had descended from ancient Persian Akhemenid Kings, Cyrus the Great of Persia and Darius I of Persia the Great. |
| | But the Sassanid era began in earnest in 228AD. |
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