ABSTRACT
The division of Armenia in 387 greatly reduced tensions between Rome and Persia in the region, but Sasanian concerns over possible collaboration between Armenians and Romans never receded entirely. When Vramshapur, the king of Persian Armenia, died in 414, he was succeeded briefly by his brother Khosrov III, who had previously been removed from power for his alleged Roman sympathies; and when he in turn died in the following year, the Persian king Yazdgerd I appointed one of his sons, Shapur, to succeed him. See Grousset 1947: 178-9, Chaumont 1987: 428-9 and Garsoïan 1989: 430. Cf. Mos. Khor. III.55.
