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Eugène Flandin’s drawing of the rock relief at Firuzabad showing Ardashir’s victory over the Parthians.Image: Eugène Flandin · Public domainworld · Middle East
Ardashir defeats the last Parthian king
On 28 April 224, the traditional date for the battle, the Persian ruler Ardashir defeated and killed Artabanus IV, the last king of the Parthian dynasty, at Hormozdgan in south-western Iran. The victory ended almost five centuries of Parthian rule. Ardashir took the title King of Kings and founded the Sasanian empire, which lasted until the Arab conquests of the 7th century. He celebrated the battle in a great rock relief near Firuzabad.
Source: Encyclopaedia Iranica: Hormozdgan ↗
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