Ardashir I (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭥, Modern Persian: اردشیر بابکان, Ardašir Bābakān), also known as Ardashir the Unifier (180–242 AD), was the founder of the Sasanian Empire.He was also Ardashir V of the Kings of Persis, until he founded the new empire.After defeating the last Parthian shahanshah Artabanus IV on the Hormozdgan plain in 224, he overthrew ...