Historical fiction

[The Persian Cataphract]

*laughs hysterically*

No, no, I'm not laughing at you. It's just all too hilarious really.

No, no such literature exists to my knowledge. In fact the genre has mainly revolved around the likes of Alexander III The Great, and Julius Caesar, and they have their roots in Shakespearean legends and later Medieval tradition.

The only true semi-mythological collection in the Iranian tradition is however the so-called "Epic of Kings" (Shâhnâmêh) which was written and compiled by the sage Ferdôwsî, on the basis of an elder late Sassanian source, the Xwatây-î-Nâmag.

Though if it is to any help, I have recognized the problem. In fact to such a degree that I am concepting a novelization of Surena's life and the crest of his career, the battle of Carrhaë, which I'm doing with a friend who has proven himself to be quite erudite on general Iranian history. This guy is even crazier than I am, he already speaks in very lofty terms how we should do a "series" together (He mentions Ariobarzanes, of the Persian Gate fame, Vahman Mardanshâh, of the Al-Jisr/Al-Qarqus/Battle of the Bridge, the rise of Arsaces I, and one of Artabanus IV and the rise of Artaxerxes/Ardashîr of Persis). Nonetheless, we are quite far off from the goal.

It's the idea that counts. The future may bear fruit