Editing Peroz I (section)

== Building projects ==
[[File:Bolnisi.jpg|thumb|The [[basilica]] of [[Bolnisi Sioni]], located in [[Bolnisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]]]
Peroz was notable for founding many cities. According to ''[[The History of the Country of Albania]]'', Peroz ordered his vassal the Caucasian Albanian king Vache II to have the city of [[Barda, Azerbaijan|Perozapat]] ("the city of Peroz" or "Prosperous Peroz") built. However, this is unlikely as the Kingdom of Caucasian Albania had been abolished by Peroz after a suppressing a revolt by Vache II in the mid-460s.{{sfn|Gadjiev|2017|pp=122–123}} The city was seemingly founded by Peroz himself after the removal of the ruling family in Caucasian Albania. Due to its more secure location, it was made the new residence of the Iranian {{transliteration|pal|marzbans}}.{{sfn|Gadjiev|2017|p=123}} Peroz also founded Shahram Peroz ([[Ardabil]]) in [[Adurbadagan]]; Ram Peroz near Ray; and Rowshan Peroz between [[Gurgan]] and Derbent.{{sfn|Rapp|2014|p=182 (see note 52)}}{{sfn|Badiyi|2021|p=214}}

The [[basilica]] of [[Bolnisi Sioni]] in Iberia is a testimony of the growing Sasanian influence there. It was constructed in 478/479 in the southern part of the country, which had fallen under the local control of the Mihranids of Gugark.{{sfn|Rapp|2014|p=251}}{{sfn|Toumanoff|1969|p=22}} The [[iconography]] of the basilica showed Iranian characteristics, while its [[Bolnisi inscriptions|inscription]], written in [[Old Georgian]], mentions Peroz:{{sfn|Rapp|2014|pp=19, 39, 251}}

{{cquote|[With the help of the H]oly Trinity, the foundation of this holy church was laid in the twentieth [y]ear of [the reign of] King Pero[z] and was completed fifteen years [later]. God will have mercy on whoever worships here. And God will also have me[r]cy on whoever will pray for Bishop Davit‛, the builder of this holy church. [Amen.]}}

Although the basilica was not commissioned by Peroz, the builders of Bolnisi Sioni might have been inspired by the royal constructions of the Sasanians.{{sfn|Rapp|2014|p=251}}

Peroz's reign marks the latest possible date for the completion of the [[Great Wall of Gorgan]], whose construction had started in the late 4th-century.{{sfn|Bonner|2020|p=98}} Additional fortifications were later made to the wall, possibly as late as the reigns of Kavad I and Khosrow I.{{sfn|Bonner|2020|p=98}} The wall, stretching from the [[Caspian Sea|Caspian]] coast to [[Pishkamar]], was the largest of its time, and the biggest Iranian investment in military infrastructure in the [[late antique]] and [[Middle Ages|medieval]] periods.{{sfn|Bonner|2020|pp=97–98}}