Wellington's Sassanid Army

[Wellington]

The nucleus of my Sassanid army

[Bloggard]

excellent - looking forward to seeing more.

[bluewillow]

Aventine, lovely

[Warboss Nick]

Finally    Great start! Looking forward to see more from these and fighting them on the tabletop.

[Norm]

That is a lovely sample of what is to come, I hadn't realised what good looking figures this army offers and it has peeked my interest in the Sassanids.

[Wellington]

Literature concerning the Sassanids

• Zarathustra und seine Religion - Michael Stausberg
• Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran - Parvaneh Pourshariati
• Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (International Library of Iranian Studies) - Touraj Daryaee

[Atheling]

Looking good thus far 

[Wellington]

Sassanids in Action

[Shahbahraz]

Literature concerning the Sassanids

• Zarathustra und seine Religion - Michael Stausberg
• Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran - Parvaneh Pourshariati
• Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (International Library of Iranian Studies) - Touraj Daryaee

Current Archaeology ‘The Enigma of the Red Snake’, available online at: http://www.archaeology.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1555&Itemid=27
 Maurice, "Strategikon," translated by Dennis, G. T. (Philadelphia 1984).
 Marcellinus, Ammianus, "The Roman History, Bk XXIII," translated by Rolfe, J.C  (Loeb 1939).
 Libianius 'Orationes', 59.64
 Christiansen, Arthur, "L'Iran Sous Les Sassanides" (Copenhagen, 1944).
 Procopius, "History of the Wars," translated by Dewing, H.B. (eBook - Project Gutenberg)
 Villing, A., 'Persia and Greece', in Curtis, J.E. and Tallis, N. (eds), “Forgotten Empire: the world of Ancient Persia,” (London 2005).
 CAIS  http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/April2008/05-04.htm
 Frye, Richard N. “The History of Iran,”
 “Sasanian Remains from Qasr-i Abu Nasr: Seals, Sealings, and Coins,”  edited by Frye,  Richard N. (Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1973)
 Tafazzoli, Ahmad, “Sasanian society. I. Warriors II. Scribes III. Dehqans”. (Ehsan Yarshater Distinguished Lectures in Iranian Studies, New York: Bibliotheca Persica Press (Distributed by Eisenbrauns), 2000)
 Noldeke, “Geschichte der Perse und Araber zur Zet des Sasaniden aus der arabischen Chronik des Tabari ubersetzt”, Leyden 1879)
 Inostrancev, C.A. “The Sasanian Military Theory,” translated by Bogdanov, L. (K.R. Cama Oriental Institute, V7 1926) 
 Firdowsi, “Shanameh,” translated by Davis, D. (Viking Press 2006)
 Pourshariatri, Parvaneh, “Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire,” (I.B. Tauris 2008) 
 “The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars – parts I & II,” edited by Dodgeon, Michael H.  Lieu, Samuel N. C.  and Greatrex, Geoffrey (Routledge 1993 & 2002)

[Wellington]

Horrible pictures, as usual!

[wrgmr1]

Nice work!