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	Encyclopedia: Battle of Carrhae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Battle of Carrhae was a decisive battle fought in the year 53 BC near the town of Carrhae (now the present-day ruins of Harran, Turkey) between the Roman Republic under the Roman general Crassus and the Parthian Empire under the Parthian Eran Spahbod Surena.
		Spahbod (Persian:Ø³Ù¾Ù‡Ø¨Ø¯; is consisted of two words: Spah Ø³Ù¾Ù‡ (army) bod Ø¨Ø¯ (master)) was a rank used in the Parthian empire and more widely in Sassanid dynasty of Persia (Iran).
		One result of the disaster for the Romans was the endurance of a myth that legionary armies could not successfully fight Parthian cavalry - a myth that even the sacking of the Parthian capital three times in the 2nd century could not end.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Carrhae (1927 words)

	Seven Parthian clans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Following the rise to power of the Parthians, these seven clans shared the administration of the Parthian Empire, each governing a region of the empire.
		One of the more prominent clans was the Suren clan, to which Eran Spahbod Surena belonged.
		Bahram Chobin, the famous Eran spahbod under Sassanid king Khosrau II, was from Mihran Clan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seven_Parthian_clans (147 words)

	Sassanid Dynasty Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ AlienArtifacts.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the absence of two of Sassanids' greatest Eran spahbods, Shahin and Shahrbaraz (who was away in Anatolia with the main Persian army, fearing that Khosrau wanted him dead), and due to the fact that 15 years of war had exhausted the Persians, Heraclius managed to defeat several Persian armies.
		The head of the priestly class, the Mobadan (Magi) موبدان, along with the military commander, the Iran (Eran) Spahbod ايران سپهد, and the head of the bureaucracy, the Vizier وزير, were the great men of the state.
		In military campaigns, the regional Marzbans could be regarded as field marshals while lesser spahbods could command a field army.
	www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/Sassanid_dynasty (7345 words)

	531 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sassanid rule and the system of social stratification were reinforced by Zoroastrianism, which became the dominant religion, but not the offical state religion, because other religions were still allowed (this is a controversially discussed topic, see for example Wiesehöfer, Ancient Persia, or the Cambridge History of Iran, vol 3).
		The head of the priestly class, the Mobadan (Magi), along with the military commander, the Iran (Eran) Spahbod, and the head of the bureaucracy (Chancellor), were among the great men of the state.
		In the east Kushan Empire and different nomadic tribes such as White Huns were empire's main enemies.
	531.en.reference.pl (8323 words)

	Encyclopedia: Persia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Origins Bust of Parthian soldier, Esgh-abad Museum, Turkmenia.
		Map of Iran and surrounding lands, showing location of Tehran Tehran is a metropolis of 14 million situated at the foot of the towering Alborz range.
		Wars were very frequent, with Mesopotamia serving as the battleground.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Persia (8662 words)

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