Hormizd II, was the eighth Persia king of the Sassanid dynasty, and reigned for seven years and five months, from 302 to 309. He was the son of
NarsehNarseh was the seventh Sassanid King of Persia , and son of Shapur I ....
(293–302),
Almost nothing is known of his reign.
After his death his oldest son Adarnases, who had a cruel disposition, was killed by the grandees after a very short reign; another son, Hormizd, was held prisoner, while the throne was reserved for the child of his concubine,
Shapur IIShapur II the Great was the ninth King of the Persian Sassanid Empire from 309 to 379. During his long reign, the Sassanid Empire saw its first golden era since the reign of Shapur I .- Early childhood :...
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Hormizd II, was the eighth Persia king of the Sassanid dynasty, and reigned for seven years and five months, from 302 to 309. He was the son of
NarsehNarseh was the seventh Sassanid King of Persia , and son of Shapur I ....
(293–302),
Almost nothing is known of his reign.
After his death his oldest son Adarnases, who had a cruel disposition, was killed by the grandees after a very short reign; another son, Hormizd, was held prisoner, while the throne was reserved for the child of his concubine,
Shapur IIShapur II the Great was the ninth King of the Persian Sassanid Empire from 309 to 379. During his long reign, the Sassanid Empire saw its first golden era since the reign of Shapur I .- Early childhood :...
. Another version has it that Shapur II was the son of Hormizd II's first wife, and that while still pregnant she was made to wear a crown over her pudenda so that the baby would be born as a king.
His son Hormizd escaped from prison in 323 with the help of his wife, and found refuge at the court of Constantine I (324–337) (
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ii. 27;
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, fr. 178;
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13–5). In 363, Hormizd served against Persia in the army of the Roman emperor
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(361–363); in turn his son, of the same name, later served as proconsul (
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26. 8. 12).