Late Antiquity

A Miller Killed Persia's Last Emperor for His Boots

The last Sasanian emperor survived every battlefield, then died in 651 AD at the hands of a miller who wanted his boots.

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Persian EmpireSasanian DynastyIslamic ExpansionLate AntiquityCentral AsiaPower and CollapseYazdegerd IIIArab Conquests

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