Ardašir Khureh ("fame of Ardašir): Sasanian city in Persis, modern Firuzabad. Except for the city, there is a castle, a palace (discussed on this page), a large relief celebrating Ardašir's victories, and a small relief commemorating his investiture. Palace of Ardašir
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Ardašir Khureh ("fame of Ardašir): Sasanian city in Persis, modern Firuzabad. Except for the city, there is a castle, a palace, a large relief celebrating Ardašir's victories (discussed on this page), and a small relief commemorating his investiture. Firuzabad, Relief 1
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Ardašir Khureh ("fame of Ardašir): Sasanian city in Persis, modern Firuzabad. Except for the city, there is a castle, a palace, a large relief celebrating Ardašir's victories, and a small relief commemorating his investiture (discussed on this page). The second Sasanian rock relief near Firuzabad is better visible than the first one: it…
Flevum: Roman naval base among the Frisians, probably identical to Velsen in the Netherlands.Velsen-1
Velsen I (design Graham Sumner)
Like Fectio/Vechten, Velsen…
The Great Flood: mythological story about a great destruction that once befell the earth. There are several variants; the Biblical version is the most famous. The possibility that there is a historical event behind the story (a local flood in southern Babylonia in the…
Franks (Latin: Franci): tribal federation on the north and east bank of the Lower Rhine, which created a late antique kingdom in France.Origins
Reconstruction…