The Sasanian dynasty of Iran lasted for four hundred years, from the 3rd to the 7th centuries AD. It succeeded the Parthian dynasty in 224 AD when Ardashir I defeated the last Parthian king, and ended 4 centuries later, as a result of the Islamic expansion of the mid-7th century. Sasanian art was based on the art of the Achaemenid Empire as well as other influences that came from as far away as the Mediterranean. The Sasanians are known for their architecture, reliefs, carvings, paintings, and toreutics (metal or other materials worked by embossing and chasing (i.e. indenting) to form minute detailed reliefs).

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