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Bahram (Varhran) IV |
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King of Sasanian Empire |
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399 |
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THIRD WAR WITH ROME . There were no decisive results, and an obscure peace followed. Persian power was at its zenith at the death of Shapur II. His immediate successors, Ardashir II (379\endash 383) and Shapur III (383\endash 388), were weak, however. Shapur concluded a peace with Rome (384) whereby Armenia was partitioned between Rome and Persia. Bahram IV (388\endash 399), probably the son of Shapur III, succeeded. He placed his brother on the throne of Armenia. Bahram was killed in a mutiny and was succeeded by his son, Yazdgird I.
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Bahram IV. (389\emdash 399), son and successor of Shapur III., under whom he had been governor of Kirman; therefore he was called Kirmanshah (Agathias iv. 26; Tabari). Under him or his predecessor Armenia was divided between the Roman and the Persian empire. Bahram IV. was killed by some malcontents.
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«/u»Bahram IV«/b» was twelfth «u»Sassanid «/u» King of Persia (388\endash 399), son and successor of «u»Shapur III of Persia «/u» (383\endash 388), under whom he had been governor of «u»Kerman «/u»; therefore he was called «b»Kermanshah«/b» («u»Agathias «/u» iv. 26; «i»Tabari«/i»).
«u»Armenia «/u» had been divided during the reign of «u»Shapur III «/u» according to the terms of a peace treaty. But this arrangement barely survived the reign of Shapur III. By about 390, «u»Khosrov III «/u», the King of Armenia under Persian suzerainty grew wary of his subordination to «u»Persia «/u» and entered into a treaty with the «u»Roman Emperor «/u» «u»Theodosius I «/u» who deposed «u»Arshak III «/u» and made him the king of a united Armenia in return for his allegiance. Enraged Bahram IV took Khosrov prisoner and confined him to the Castle of Oblivion and made his brother «u»Vram-Shapuh «/u» upon the Armenian throne. Khosrov had appealed to Theodosius for help but the latter refused to intervene as it would constitute a breach of the peace of 384.
Bahramn IV is often regarded as a harsh man who entirely neglected his duties. His conduct, it is recorded, grew so unbearable that he was ultimately assassinated by his own troops who surrounded him and shot him with arrows.
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I60533 |
Glenn Cook Family |
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19 Jun 2013 |
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Image of Bahram IV (l.) on coin from his reign. |
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