Rise of the Sasanian Empire
Ardashir topples Parthia and gives Rome a new rival
The Persian ruler Ardashir I defeated the last Parthian king, Artabanus IV, and founded the Sasanian dynasty with its capital at Ctesiphon. With Zoroastrianism as state religion, the new empire was Rome's main rival for four centuries.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Africa
- 249–262 Plague of Cyprian — 25 years later
Asia
- 220 Fall of the Han and the Three Kingdoms — 4 years earlier
Americas
- c. 200 Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan — 24 years earlier
Oceania
- c. 232 Hatepe eruption of Taupō — 8 years later
Alive at the time
- Zhuge Liang (aged 43)