During his reign the emperor Carus attacked the Persians and conquered Ctesiphon (283), but died by the plague.
Of Bahram II’s reign some theological inscriptions exist (F Stolze and JC Andreas, Persepolis (Berlin, 1882), and EW West, "Pahiavi Literature" in Grundriss d. iranischen Philologie, ii. pp. 75-129).
Persia proper is bounded on the north by Transcaucasia, the Caspian Sea, and Russian Turkestan; on the south by the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf; it is over one-fifth as large as the United States (excluding Alaska) and twice as large as Germany, having an area of about 642,000 square miles.
Bahram III, son of BahramII, reigned only eight months, and was succeeded by his younger brother, Narsi I, who renewed the war with Rome with Disastrous results.
On his arrival in Persia, Mgr Cluzel was immediately acknowledged by the shah, decorated with the insignia of the Lion and Sun, and officially confirmed, by a special imperial firman, as the representative of the Father of the Faithful.
Bahram I, was king of Persia (AD From a Pahlavi inscription we learn that he was the son (not, as the Greek authors and Tabari say, the grandson) of Shapur I., and succeeded his brother Hormizd I, who had only reigned a year.
Bahram I is the king who, by the instigation of the magians, put to a cruel death the prophet Mani, the founder of Manichaeism.
Bahram is also the Persian name for the planet Mars.
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