Shapur III (Persian: شاپور سوم ), was the eleventh Sassanid King of Persia from 383 to 388. Shapur III succeeded his father Ardashir II in the year 383 and his sister Zruanduxt married the King Khosrov IV of Armenia.
Read more about Shapur III: Treaty With Rome, Memorials of Shapur's Reign, Death
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