Editing Shapur I (section)

===Monuments===
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[[Image:Bishapour palais Shapur.jpg|thumb|Picture of the ruined palace of Shapur I at [[Bishapur]]]]

Shapur I left other reliefs and rock inscriptions. A relief at [[Naqsh-e Rajab]] near [[Estakhr]] is accompanied by a Greek translation. Here Shapur I calls himself "the [[Zoroastrianism|Mazdayasnan]] (worshipper of [[Ahuramazda]]), the divine Shapur, King of Kings of the [[Iranian peoples|Iranians]], and non-Iranians, of divine descent, son of the Mazdayasnan, the divine [[Ardashir I|Ardashir]], King of Kings of the Aryans, grandson of the divine king [[Papak]]". Another long inscription at Estakhr mentions the King's exploits in archery in the presence of his nobles.

From his titles we learn that Shapur I claimed sovereignty over the whole earth, although in reality his domain extended little farther than that of Ardashir I.
Shapur I built the great town [[Academy of Gundishapur|Gundishapur]] near the old Achaemenid capital [[Susa]], and increased the fertility of the district with a dam and irrigation system—built by Roman prisoners—that redirected part of the [[Karun River]]. The barrier is still called ''[[Band-e Kaisar]]'', "the mole of the Caesar". He is also responsible for building the city of [[Bishapur]], with the labors of Roman soldiers captured after the defeat of Valerian in 260. Shapur also built a town named [[Pushang]] in [[Greater Khorasan|Khorasan]].