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	Shapur II of Persia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When King Hormizd II of Persia (302–309) died, the Persian magnates killed his eldest son, blinded the second, and imprisoned the third (Hormizd, who afterwards escaped to the Romans); the throne was reserved for the unborn child of one of the wives of Hormizd II, who was Jewish.
		Shapur II attempted with varying success to conquer the great fortresses of Roman Mesopotamia: Singara, Nisibis (which he invested three times in vain), and Amida (Diarbekr).
		Shapur II had conducted great hosts of captives from the Roman territory into his dominions, most of whom were settled in Susiana.
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	Encyclopedia Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		served in the army of Julian against Persia; his son, with the same...
		II (302-310) died, the Persian magnates killed his eldest son, blinded...the third (
		Bahram II from 276 to...from 293 to 302.
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	decendants of Papak of Persia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		of_Persia, Kavadh I [11477] (Kobad, Cabades) Shah of Persia, 488-531
		of_Persia, Khusrau II_Parves (Chosroes the Conquerer) [11474] Shah of Persia, 590-628
		of_Persia, Yezdegerd I [11481] Shah of Persia, 399-420
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	Shapur II of Persia
		Shapur II was king of Persia from 310 to 379.
		When King Hormizd II (302-310) died, the Persian magnates killed his eldest son, blinded the second, and imprisoned the third (Hormizd, who afterwards escaped to the Romans); the throne was reserved for the unborn child of one of the wives of Hormizd.
		Shapur now invaded Armenia, took king Arsaces III[?] (of the Arsacid race), the faithful ally of the Romans, prisoner by treachery and forced him to commit suicide.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Shapur II of Persia
		Shapur II the Great was king of Persia (309 - 379).
		In 337, just before the death of Constantine, Shapur broke the peace concluded in 297 between Narseh and Diocletian, which had been observed for forty years, and a war of twenty-six years (337-363) began in two series of wars.
		After a prolonged struggle (353-358) they were forced to conclude a peace, and their king, Grumbates, accompanied Shapur in the war against the Romans.
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	War in the East: Constantius II's Persian War, 337-350 C.E. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Shapur II of Persia ruled his nation for most of the fourth century, from 309 - 379 C.E. He helped restore Persian power, which had gone into serious eclipse in the latter part of the third and early fourth centuries.
		Shapur fled towards the Tigris; the Persian crown prince, less fortunate, was taken prisoner inside the camp, tortured, and then executed by his captors.
		Persia, like Rome, had to deal with periodic barbarian incursions, and now a massive invasions of the barbarian Massagetae forced Shapur to reluctantly raise the siege of Nisibis and march with his forces to the opposite end of his domains to counter this new enemy on the Oxus River in what is today northern Afghanistan.
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	Wikipedia: 337
		June 17 - Constantius II announces the restoration of Athanasius to the Patriarch of Alexandria.
		September 9 - Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine the Great as co-emperors of the Roman Empire.
		Shapur II of Persia begins a war with the Roman Empire.
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	ABA AND THE CHURCH IN PERSIA - (CAIS) ©
		Mithraism was proud not only of her sway in Persia, but also of having adapted Zoroastrianism to the western world; thus having paved the way for this form of sun worship to become a universal religion in the Roman world.
		After the death of Shapur II there was a lull for a time in the sufferings of the church.
		The barbaric churches, from the Gulf of Persia to the Caspian Sea, were almost infinite; and their recent faith was conspicuous in the number and sanctity of their monks and martyrs.
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/Religions/non-iranian/aba_church.htm (6111 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Legio II Armeniaca
		Legio II Armeniaca (from Armenia) was a late Empire Roman legion.
		According to Ammianus Marcellinus (Res Gestae xx 7), in 360 II Armeniaca was stationed in Bezabda with II Flavia Virtutis and II Parthica, when Shapur II of Persia sieged and conquered the city, killing many of the inhabitants.
		The II Armeniaca, however, survived, since it is cited in the Notitia Dignitatum as under the command of the Dux Mesopothamiae.
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	359 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Shapur II of Persia conquers Amida[?] from the Romans.">
		Battle of Amida[?]: II of Persia">Shapur II of Persia conquers Amida[?] from the Romans.
		Nor has the criticism, which thus so freely diminishes the number.html">number of his the life and personality of the man: only, it has fixed one or two born before the year 1477, and spent his childhood at Castelfranco, something of parklike grace, to the plain.
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	PERSIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		King Mithridates II (c.124 - 87 BC) defeated the Greeks and embarked on a course to regain the grandeur of the Achaemenid Empire.
		Persia is still world-renowned for its majestic rugs and carpets of beauty and durability.
		Shapur I used the Roman prisoners for their engineering expertise as well as slave labor to build an ancient wonder; a dam on the Karun River that remains today.
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	ARMENIAN CONTINUING HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Shapur remitted the power into the hands of the captive's son, Arshag.
		Arshag II reigned from 350 to 367 A.D. A well-tempered personality endeavored to reunify all the feudal families under a central government, and by this way to reconstruct the political and military power of Armenia.
		King Arshag, whose father was perfidiously blinded by Shapur, being informed that the Persian king intended to kill him by every means, tried to consolidate his relations with the roman emperor.
	www.armenian.com /history3.html (1912 words)

	Shapur III of Persia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shapur III was King of Persia from 383 to 388.
		Son of Shapur II of Persia (309–379), he was elevated to the throne by the magnates against his uncle, Ardashir II of Persia (379–383), and killed by them after a reign of five years.
		He concluded a treaty with the Roman Emperor Theodosius the Great (379–395).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shapur_III_of_Persia (117 words)

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		He was put to death in the village of Telman under Shapur II of Persia (Benedictines).
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	Hormizd II of Persia
		Hormizd II, king of Persia, son of Narseh, reigned for seven years five months, 302-309.
		After his death his son Adarnases[?] was killed by the grandees after a very short reign, as he showed a cruel disposition; another son, Hormizd, was kept a prisoner, and the throne reserved for the child with which a concubine of Hormizd II was pregnant and which received the name Shapur II.
		In 363 Hormizd served in the army of Julian against Persia; his son, with the same name, became consul in 366 (Ammian.
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	decendants of Papak of Persia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kavadh I of_Persia [11477] ------ (Kobad, Cabades) Shah of Persia, 488-531 unknown -------------------------
		Yezdegerd I of_Persia = ________ of Babylon [11491]
		Shapur II of_Persia [11483] ----- Shah of Persia.
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	Shapur II
		Shapur II Shapur II or Sapor II,310–79, king of Persia (310–79), of the Sassanid, or Sassanian, dynasty.
		Ardashir II - Ardashir II, king of Persia (379–83), of the Sassanid, or Sassanian, dynasty.
		Shapur III - Shapur III or Sapor III,d.
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	Ancient Persia: Kings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Shapur II, king of Persia (310–79), of the Sassanid, or Sassanian, dynasty
		The lost treasures of Persia that can be found in London; BRITISH MUSEUM TO EXHIBIT ANCIENT RICHES NOT SEEN OUTSIDE IRAN.
		'Persia mummy' is body of recent murder victim Ancient remains of a 'princess' have been found to be a modern corpse, writes Esther Oxford in Karachi
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	325-349
		After the death of Constantine I, his empire was divided between three rulers-Constantine II in the west, Constantius II in the east and Constans in Italy and the south.
		Immediately, Constantius II became engaged in constant warfare with Shapur II of Persia for control of Armenia and Mesopotamia.
		In 340, Constantine II invaded Italy, was killed, and Constans took the western empire.
	www.warscholar.com /Year/325.html (196 words)

	AllRefer.com - Jovian (Ancient History, Late Roman And Byzantine, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		The commander of the imperial guard under Julian the Apostate in his Persian campaign, Jovian was proclaimed emperor by the soldiers when Julian was killed.
		He made a humiliating peace with Shapur II of Persia.
		He returned Christianity to the privileged position it had enjoyed before Julian, and he restored his friend St. Athanasius to the episcopal see of Constantinople.
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	Prologue: hagiographies of the saints
		They suffered during the reign of King Shapur II of Persia in the year 355.
		The first three were dignitaries at the Kingâs court, but secretly they served their Lord Jesus Christ.
		In the fire they surrendered they righteous souls into the hands of their Lord.
	www.mpc.org.mk /English/Calendar/prologue.asp?id=2019 (281 words)

	St. Nerses - Catholic Online
		He was arrested with a group of ten or twelve disciples during the persecution of Christians under King Shapur II of Persia.
		Dragged before the king, they were offered the choice of worshiping the sun or being executed.
		Slawomir Biela bridges the gap between the psychology of life's struggles and the spirituality of knowing "God alone".
	www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=4821 (111 words)

	Great Martyr Irene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		That furnace split open and Irene emerged unharmed.
		King Shapur II of Persia had her beheaded, but she was resurrected by an angel of God.
		When she went to the king, he became a Christian and was baptized.
	www.calendar.goarch.org /May/May_5.html (295 words)

	Jovian
		Jupiter, in astronomy: Astronomical and Physical Characteristics - Astronomical and Physical Characteristics Jupiter's orbit lies beyond the asteroid belt at a mean...
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