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Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion Faction Feature
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Posted by Donster on: 2005-09-18 10:33:43 1083
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The Sassanids
By Creative Assembly, Courtesy of IGN
The Sassanids were the last native dynasty to rule in Persia after the Parthians were overthrown, and before the Arab conquest of later centuries. Sitting astride the trade routes to the east, the Sassanid court was fabulously opulent, and the empire was dynamic and efficiently run. The military was equally efficient and dangerous, and they were a constant challenge to the Eastern Roman Empire. What caused much of the tension with the Romans was the establishment of Zoroastrianism as the state religion in Sassanid lands and the subsequent persecution of Christians. This gave the Romans a pretext for war whenever it was needed.
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