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Peroz I
Peroz I: king of Persia, ruling from 457 to 484, member of the Sasanian dynasty.
Main deeds:
- Name: Peroz I
- Beginning of reign: 457
- Successor of: his father Yazdgard II
- Civil war with his brother Hormizd III; with help of the Hephtalites (White Huns), Peroz overcomes his rival
- Several wars in the northeast against his former allies
- End of reign: killed in action in 484
- Succeeded by: his brotherValkaš
General Literature on Sasanian Persia
- Touraj Daryaee, Sasanian Persia. The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2009)
- Josef Wiesehöfer, Das antike Persien. Von 550 v. Chr. bis 650 n. Chr. (1994)